Floral study I
Stoneware, dried flowers, copper stain.
7.5 x 10.5 in. 2024
A mass of dead flowers is submerged in liquid clay, leaving behind a rough, fragile-looking ceramic surface. Stems, petals, and broken floral forms appear caught inside the object, as if something temporary has been pressed into a more lasting state. Brooklin uses clay not simply to cover the flowers, but to record their shapes, textures, and disappearance.  Through firing, these organic remains are transformed permanently as ceramic. The blue-green surface, darkened edges, and uneven tones come from real chemical interactions between clay, glaze, copper stain, and the floral material. The work holds decay and preservation together: the flowers are gone as living things, yet their traces remain fixed in the ceramic body. What was once soft and temporary becomes mineral, hardened, and strangely enduring.
This object is the result of submerging a brick of dead flowers in liquid clay (slip). The slip forms around the stems and petals, recording their shapes permanently as ceramic. The copper stain is laid over the base glaze, resulting in the cool blueish-green that pools on the surface. The spectrum of white to black seen otherwise is a direct result of the chemical interactions between the clay, glaze, and florals when fired in neutral and oxidation atmospheres. o be themselves. 
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Dead flowers   ✚
Dead flowers
A mass of dead flowers is submerged in liquid clay, leaving behind a rough, fragile-looking ceramic surface.
Record   ✚
Record
Brooklin uses clay not simply to cover the flowers, but to record their shapes, textures, and disappearance.
Permanently as ceramic   ✚
Permanently as ceramic
Through firing, these organic remains are transformed permanently as ceramic.
Chemical interactions  ✚
Chemical interactions
The blue-green surface, darkened edges, and uneven tones come from real chemical interactions between clay, glaze, copper stain, and the floral material.

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Floral study I
Stoneware, dried flowers, copper stain.
7.5 x 10.5 in. 2024
From Rexhibit
A mass of dead flowers is submerged in liquid clay, leaving behind a rough, fragile-looking ceramic surface. Stems, petals, and broken floral forms appear caught inside the object, as if something temporary has been pressed into a more lasting state. Brooklin uses clay not simply to cover the flowers, but to record their shapes, textures, and disappearance. Through firing, these organic remains are transformed permanently as ceramic. The blue-green surface, darkened edges, and uneven tones come from real chemical interactions between clay, glaze, copper stain, and the floral material. The work holds decay and preservation together: the flowers are gone as living things, yet their traces remain fixed in the ceramic body. What was once soft and temporary becomes mineral, hardened, and strangely enduring.
From the Artist
This object is the result of submerging a brick of dead flowers in liquid clay (slip). The slip forms around the stems and petals, recording their shapes permanently as ceramic. The copper stain is laid over the base glaze, resulting in the cool blueish-green that pools on the surface. The spectrum of white to black seen otherwise is a direct result of the chemical interactions between the clay, glaze, and florals when fired in neutral and oxidation atmospheres. 
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