Monumental Porcelain
Showcase of Felicity Aylieff's monumental works inspired by Kew’s botanical illustration archives.
2024 sees the exhibition Expressions in Blue, Monumental Porcelain by Felicity Aylieff come to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This landmark exhibition marks a high point in Aylieff’s career, showcasing the creative and technical journey of an artist working between cultures, realising a unique ambition to create astonishing vessels on a monumental scale.This book reveals insight into the process and challenges of creating such ground-breaking work, showcasing extraordinary new pieces inspired by Kew’s rich archives of botanical illustrations, from the ‘new Ming’ vases to a collection of stylised Fencai enamelled vessels. The text includes a personal testimonial from Aylieff and an essay by art historian John-Paul Stonard in celebration of this impressive body of work. With a foreword by Adrian Sassoon.