Marion captures life’s moments with a blend of humour, poignancy, and imperfection.
Far from ordinary, Central Otago ceramic artist Marion Mewburn is known for her fantastical and idiosyncratic teapots, often featuring intricate and sometimes hidden details.
For Mewburn, a teapot is an everyday object that must be entirely functional, well-balanced, easy to pour, and comfortable to hold. She adheres to certain functional “rules” to ensure each piece works perfectly, yet delights in testing how far those boundaries can be stretched. Beginning with a fully functional form, she embellishes her creations with textures, relief work, and structural or mobile elements, often aiming to capture the humorous, poignant, and occasionally dysfunctional moments of life.
Marion captures life’s moments with a blend of humour, poignancy, and imperfection.
Far from ordinary, Central Otago ceramic artist Marion Mewburn is known for her fantastical and idiosyncratic teapots, often featuring intricate and sometimes hidden details.
For Mewburn, a teapot is an everyday object that must be entirely functional, well-balanced, easy to pour, and comfortable to hold. She adheres to certain functional “rules” to ensure each piece works perfectly, yet delights in testing how far those boundaries can be stretched. Beginning with a fully functional form, she embellishes her creations with textures, relief work, and structural or mobile elements, often aiming to capture the humorous, poignant, and occasionally dysfunctional moments of life.
Marion captures life’s moments with a blend of humour, poignancy, and imperfection.
Far from ordinary, Central Otago ceramic artist Marion Mewburn is known for her fantastical and idiosyncratic teapots, often featuring intricate and sometimes hidden details.
For Mewburn, a teapot is an everyday object that must be entirely functional, well-balanced, easy to pour, and comfortable to hold. She adheres to certain functional “rules” to ensure each piece works perfectly, yet delights in testing how far those boundaries can be stretched. Beginning with a fully functional form, she embellishes her creations with textures, relief work, and structural or mobile elements, often aiming to capture the humorous, poignant, and occasionally dysfunctional moments of life.
fantastic and idiosyncratic
"As I Make Them, I am in This World Where Everything is Just Fine and Dandy."
Far from ordinary, Central Otago ceramic artist Marion Mewburn creates fantastic and idiosyncratic teapots, featuring intricate and sometimes hidden elements."For me, a teapot is something which is used every day. So it must be completely functional - it must be well-balanced, must pour perfectly, and feel comfortable to hold. Which means all the functional elements - spout, lid and handle - must have specific characteristics in order for them to...