Fontanelle’ is a sculptural piece created from fine Ming Porcelain. Each individual segment or ‘plate’ was handmade and impressed with distinct patterns. These were then moulded together with porcelain slip pre bisque. Once dry, ‘fontanelle’ was bisque fired in an electric potters kiln at 1260 degrees. This created a pristine raw porcelain finish, which was the look I wanted to portray. No glazing was required.

Fontanelles are soft spots on a baby's head, which during birth enable the bony plates of the skull to flex, allowing the child's head to pass through the birth canal. This is a fascinating process of the human body at birth, and this has inspired me to reproduce in abstract form through ceramics. The delicacy of the bisque porcelain is akin to the bony human skull plates. Each ‘plate’ overlaps one another, mimicking the skull plates overlapping. I have purposely left openings in this piece to represent the ‘soft spots’ or ‘fontanelle’.

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