Details
- Maker•Holly Rose Morgan
- Medium•Clay
- Origin•Aotearoa
- Collection•Burning Ground Collection, 2025
- Compsition•Hand dug Coromandel clay
- Dimensions•H230 x W140 mm
Description
A one-of-a-kind anagama-fired cylinder vase, yellow ash blending to mauvey pinks, marked by ember fall from the side stoke.
Simple cylinder anagama fired, same pot two sides.
These vessels form part of Holly's Burning Ground collection, fired for 50–70 hours in the historic kiln at Kamaka Pottery, Bridge Pā. The kiln sits beside the Martin House, a John Scott designed studio for potters Estelle and Bruce Martin. Revived after fifteen years unfired, Holly helped bring the kiln back into use. Made from hand dug Coromandel clay and fired without glaze, colour and surface form through ash and heat.
"Really enjoy the yellow ash blending down to the mauvey pinks. From memory, this one got a lot of embers from the side stoke falling down and disrupting the ash melting on the side."
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Traditional wood firing explored through contemporary ceramic practice.
Holly Rose Morgan is a ceramic artist based in Te Matau a Māui, Hawke’s Bay. Her practice explores traditional wood firing through a contemporary ceramic lens, balancing functionality, localism, conceptual depth, and global ceramic heritage. An experienced wood firer, Holly has spent recent years immersed in the study of ancient pottery techniques and cultures, undertaking extensive research overseas with particular focus on Japanese wood-fired practices and Korean onggi pottery. Through this process, she continues to push traditional ceramic techniques while questioning how we consume, use, and understand vessels within a modern context. Her work spans both functional and conceptual forms, and has been selected for national ceramic award exhibitions throughout New Zealand. In 2024, Holly presented Burning Ground, a major solo exhibition at Hastings City Art Gallery showcasing two years of research and making. Holly is currently undertaking a three-month residency through the International Museum of Ceramics programme in Faenza, Italy, continuing to expand and deepen her practice.
