Vase & Cover

These ambiguous forms displayed in the V&A’s Contemporary Ceramics Gallery are traditional 18th century vases in playful masquerade.

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  • Saturday, 15 September 2018 – Sunday, 23 September 2018 at

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  • Saturday, 15 – Sunday, 23 September 2018

  • Gallery 141

  • Free event

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Amy Hughes' ambiguous clay forms are concerned with making contemporary works from historic collections. The serendipitous shapes are abstractions from ink pen drawings of an 18th century Museum object, realised in the 3D and expressed in clay.

Part of London Design Festival at the V&A

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