"Dancing Lychee" ceramic bud vase by Yang Qiu from November 2024.
This delightful vessel is based on the shape of a lychee, lovingly rendered in gradated greens, brought to life with four red patent shoe clad legs, then imbued with extra whimsy, by a brace of multi-coloured mushrooms and toadstools growing from its top.
dimensions
length: 7cm (incl. legs)
width: 5.5cm (incl. legs)
height: 9cm (incl. legs & mushrooms)
opening 1.5cm x 1 cm
depth: 3.5cm (of vase)
Mid fired clay, underglaze, lustre.
Hand made in Australia.
See Yang's other vases from this series, as well as our full range of work by Yang Qiu.
Yang Qiu is a prolific interdisciplinary artist based in Sydney, Australia.
Informed by her background as a pastry chef, her unique approach to ceramic creation, involves transforming local produce, such as corn, eggplants, and mandarins, into functional ceramic sculptures, all while exploring the shapes and surfaces of food in her paintings.
She imbues her work with a sense of whimsy and childlike wonder, often characterising her creations with faces and legs, as though imbuing them with personalities and identities.
Read more about Yang Qiu.