‘Footnote Tests’ are ceramic works made during the development of larger ‘Footnote’ works, thinking through ideas central to Joanne Masding’s practice, of exploring bodily intimacy with objects, trying to read the material world up-close, and using text as a tool for building sculptures.

Footnote Test (dagger)
Raku-fired with blue-green glaze
27 x 28 x 0.5cm

Footnote Test (asterisk)
Raku-fired with copper glaze and plasticine weight on the reverse
14 x 13 x 7cm

Footnote Test (lustred)
Glazed stoneware with copper lustre
15 x 15 x 0.3cm