Moment Series Sculpture

This three-dimensional sculptural work presents a white porcelain teacup and saucer with an extraordinary frozen splash of amber-gold liquid rising dramatically upward from within the cup. Scanning from base to crown, a pale weathered wooden surface provides the foundation, upon which rests a circular white porcelain saucer approximately six inches in diameter with a thin golden rim catching subtle light. The teacup sits centered on the saucer, featuring an elegant curved handle on the right side also trimmed in gold. Both cup and saucer display matching botanical decorations of brown feathery leaves with small coral-red berries arranged in graceful sprays. Rising from within the cup, translucent golden resin shaped like splashing liquid extends upward approximately twice the height of the cup itself. The frozen splash forms a crown pattern with dozens of individual tendrils reaching outward in all directions like fingers of honey suspended mid-flight. Each tendril terminates in rounded droplet shapes suggesting the surface tension of actual liquid caught at the moment of maximum extension. The resin ranges from deep amber where thickest to pale golden where thin enough to transmit background light. The overall sensation is of warmth rising from the cool stability of the porcelain base, like sudden sunshine breaking through calm. The background recedes into soft dove gray, creating atmosphere of quiet focus. The lighting feels gentle and diffused, illuminating the translucent qualities of the splash while casting subtle shadows beneath the saucer onto the aged wooden surface.

The heirloom porcelains that make up the work carry the traces of history to the present, while the sculpted glass represents a frozen moment and timelessness. The fact that the glass in antique cups is shaped like it is when a liquid splashes brings together a snapshot of the fluidity with the viewer. Colored glasses preferred as transparent and opaque were selected in accordance with the structure and concept of the cup.