Ian McIntyre

Jigger/Jollying is an industrial process used to manufacture tableware. A piece of clay is placed into a spinning female mould and a male profile is introduced, squeezing the clay between the two surfaces. Mould and profile come together and any excess clay squeezed out by the process is trimmed off. This project explores the aesthetics created when the clay does not fully fill the moulds.

These bowls are made by spinning molten pewter inside an aluminium mould. The process was designed to exploit the material’s low melting point. As the metal runs around the mould it loses heat to the aluminium and quickly solidifies, allowing molten textures to be captured in solid.

Commissioned by Number 10 Downing Street to be given to each world leader attending the G20 summit, London 2009.

This series exaggerates imperfections common in traditional slip casting processes; plaster moulds chip and the open faces of casts loose detail. Each mould is deliberately broken to create rock-like features, which are cast in bone china.