FMP Delfs blue vases

Talking about white and blue with Wendy the other day reminded me about the world famous Delfs blue porcelain. Delft is a place just 20 kilometers from where I am living.

Delft Blue is the world famous pottery that has been produced in the city of Delft since the 17th century. It was created at the end of the 16th century as a cheap alternative to blue and white Chinese porcelain. The pottery became very popular in a short time and experienced and flourishing period in the period 1650-1750, when 33 pottery factories were active in Delft at its peak. Currently, the pottery is authentically made in a few factories.

Royal Delft, formerly: "De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles", is the only remaining pottery factory from the 17th century where Delft Blue is still produced.

A special fact to know: the paint with which the porcelain is painted is black and only turns blue during the baking process.

I started to create vases based on my images as you see below. With in the background the image used as the basis. The results are surrealistic to me. Have to see what to do with it.

The first one out of one go the morph created transformations of cloud formations. Not sure if it is a vase for a single blue rose or a sculpture? To make it a vase I collaborated with Titus van Lierop. He made it 3D print ready and into an actually vase for use.

The second one is more round and traditional a vase but the clouds were very special ones. They appeared at the sky two days ago with the threat of a coming storm that passed us by.

The 3th is a cloud alike vase but not stable to be placed. I can turn it around but the question is wether it kees it strength as a shape. The other option is add a foot. The other sites are less attractive.

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References

MUIS, Robert. 2020. 3D-geprinte tegels voor Delfts blauwe poorten door Studio RAP. Available at: https://architectenweb.nl/nieuws/artikel.aspx?ID=47536 [accessed on 11 August 2020].

PAAUW DELFS BLAUW. Factory. Website available at: https://www.heinendelftsblauw.nl/delfts-blauw/pauw [accessed on 13 August 2020].

ROYAL DELFT. Factory. Website available at: https://www.royaldelft.com/en_gb/ [accessed on 13 August 2020].