Friday, May 25, 2012

Sell! Sell! Sell! Six deities of sales


Paolo Porelli Installation of deities of sales 2012

These sculptures represent my latest work since I returned from The Clay Studio. I wanted to negate every seductive possibility that colored glazes offer to emphasise instead their sculptural quality. A semi-metallic black was obtained using engobes with copper oxide and oxide extracted from used batteries on terracotta was single fired at 920° C. This is my first experience of single firing, inspired by my recent meetings with Nino Caruso. I am looking forward to experimenting more with this technique.


Paolo Porelli 'Woman of Babel' 2012,  61,5 cm x 20 cm x 14 cm

Paolo Porelli 'Best Buys' 2012, 62 x 26 x 15 cm
Paolo Porelli  'Cut-rate energy' 2012, 58,5 x 20 x 13 cm

Paolo Porelli 'Deals' 2012 61 x 23 x 13 cm

Paolo Porelli, Transformer 2012, 65 cm x 24 cm x 10 cm
Paolo Porelli 'Overwhelmed' 2012, 63 cm x 23 cm x 15 cm