Passage - Ceramics at the Hyatt, Chennai

Ashwini Bhat Golden Bridge Pottery Pondicherry

Queen This piece is inspired by the fan - shaped Harappan headdress for women. The inspiration came from looking at the piece as a ‘body’, which contained the entire energy within its axe - shaped edges. The wide base was formed to counterbalance the thin edges of the axe - head, to make it feel grounded. It is coil - built, brushed with thin layers of clay slip and glaze and fired to 1300 degrees centigrade in a wood - fired kiln. The piece demanded attention. Its power resonated with primeval life forms and a sense of the feminine with its line of arc and curves. The title Queen was chosen based on these qualities and on the honey color of the piece with reference to the central theme of the Hyatt art project.