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| Lucie Rie - Ceramic Buttons |
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| Lucie Rie - Ceramic Buttons |
Rie's button manufacture was set up during the Second World War. The buttons were sold to the fashion trade, to couturiers such as Paquin and department stores like Liberty and Harrods. Couturiers could use Rie's buttons as adornment without flouting the clothing manufacture austerity measures of the Second World War.
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| Lucie Rie - Ceramic Buttons |
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| Lucie Rie - Ceramic Buttons |
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| Lucie Rie - Ceramic Buttons |
Alison Welsh, Head of Fashion Research at Manchester Metropolitan University, has made some garments inspired by the modernist qualities of Rie's ceramics and featuring her buttons. They emphasise the hand woven and the handmade, harking back to the days when dressmaker's or couturier's skills were sought after.
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| Lucy Rie - Buttons & Alison Walsh - Garments |
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| Lucie Rie - Bowl 1970s |
The lava like surface of this bowl is achieved by adding silicon carbide to the glaze. Firing causes the glaze to bubble and form craters...
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| Lucie Rie - Bowl c 1985 |
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| Lucie Rie - Bottle 1959 |
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| Lucie Rie - Bottle c1978 |
Check out this exhibition on at York Art Gallery until 12 May 2019.
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