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"On This High Wold" - with miniature handmade porcelain lichen

"On This High Wold" - with miniature handmade porcelain lichen

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I like to imagine that someone found this miniature cluster of lichens long, long ago… she tucked them in a little box along with a few words from a poem, to keep as a treasure and a memento of a special place.

In reality, the tiny lichens are made from porcelain. They are an imaginary species made using simple hand tools to shape the soft clay, then fired in my kiln. They are nestled in a little wooden box on a bed of dry moss.

Tucked beside the lichens is a fragment of paper with a few words from a poem by Tennyson. Written using a dipping pen and sepia ink it reads, “calm and deep peace on this high wold”. A wold is a high piece of land sometimes overlooking the sea, and I love the beauty of these few words… it sounds to me like a place where beautiful little lichens might been found.

The box is approximately 3.5cm diameter and 2.5 cm tall with the lid on. The lichen cluster itself is about 1.5cm diameter and less than 1.5cm tall… it really is an exquisitely tiny sculpture!

This miniature would look lovely as part of a collection of other small objects, or placed on a little ledge on its own. I think it would appeal to anyone who loves natural history, story telling, old collections or miniature handmade treasures.

Please note I’ve done my very best to photograph the colours accurately, but colours can look different on different devices.

UK only, postage Royal Mail, First Class Signed For (signature required on delivery).

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My “Found and Treasured” mixed media sculptures began with a gift - a tiny old red pillbox filled with miniature seashells and a scrap of paper saying “Red Sea”, written in old-fashioned script. It felt precious and I began wondering what other found treasures might be nestling in other old boxes, waiting to be rediscovered.

Not longer afterwards, I was invited to spend a day with a curator from the Natural History Museum, examining specimens and learning about the people that had collected them. She showed me similar old boxes, which had once held finds in the Museum's collection - some had been purpose-made, while others were simply boxes and tins from home.

And so, my Found and Treasured story boxes were born - created by combining exquisite hand modelled porcelain ‘finds’ with found objects and ephemera, nestled in antique, vintage & retro containers. Each one tells its own imagined story of a place and time when something beautiful was found... and treasured.

This item will be posted to you by Kathryn Parsons Ceramics within 5 days of receiving payment.

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Please note that your sculpture will be sent by Royal Mail "Signed For 1st Class" - signature required on delivery (delivery takes 1-2 working days from posting). UK only due to the fragile nature of the sculpture.

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Designed by Kathryn Parsons in my studio in Cambridgeshire

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