At first sight, this multicoloured jagged-edged bowl appears to be made of small pieces fitted together like a puzzle. Closer inspection, however, reveals a single form made up of intricately decorated patterns. The piece was created for an ongoing series of vessel forms that gather and celebrate decorative motifs from different cultures, places and periods of history, ranging from Japanese fans and Roman parquet to modernist grids and Mexican folk art.

Diameter 40 cm
Height 20 cm

At first sight, this light red and white ceramic vessel appears to be made of different pieces fitted together. Closer inspection, however, reveals one intricately decorated form. The piece is part of an ongoing series of vessel forms that gather and celebrate decorative motifs from different cultures, places and periods of history, ranging from Japanese fans and Roman parquet to modernist grids and Mexican folk art.

Diameter 40 cm
Height 20 cm

This ceramic vessel, part of an ongoing series that gathers and celebrates decorative motifs from different cultures, places and periods in history, is one of a triptych series. Each vessel plays with an individual motif and movement of colour across a surface. The surface of this piece is intricately decorated with numerous tile-like shapes, coloured in yellow, green and white.

Diameter 22 cm
Height 10 cm

This vessel, set on a symmetrically patterned tile, is from a collection of works based on various sections of the Victorian pattern book The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones, which Frances read avidly as a child. The minutely glaze-painted patterns come from the India section of the book.

Diameter 15 cm
Height 7 cm

This vessel, set on a plinth of patterned tiles, is from a collection of works based on various sections of the Victorian pattern book The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones, which Frances read avidly as a child. The minutely glaze-painted patterns come from the India section of the book.

Diameter 15 cm
Height 7 cm