▶ NEW IN THE STOCKROOM: CAROL MURPHY 'THE WATER CATCHER'

Carol Murphy, 'The Water Catcher' 2010, high fired earthware, 21.5 x 31 x 14cm

Carol Murphy's ceramic sculpture 'The Water Catcher' is made with high fired earthware and is intended to be installed outside. The work features a deep bowl-like indentation in the stomach of the figure which was created to collect rainwater. According to Murphy, 'melted iron spots and impurities make the speckled surface' with the work sanded smooth but left unglazed. The stylised, sculpted figure exploring positive and negative space was last used by Murphy in her 2008 exhibition, 'Sculptural Forms III.'