Spiky Twins

This sculptured piece is a development of Ikuko's Spiky Spiky Bowl design from her table-top range. The idea came from browsing images of microscopic cells. Ikuko wanted to incorporate this element into her previous work, though the firing of such a fragile construction was unknown territory for her. She was afraid it would emerge distorted or cracked after the time-consuming process of perforating the bowl and inserting all the hand-rolled spikes.