{"product_id":"mella-shaw-janus-forms","title":"Mella Shaw Janus Forms","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: -.45pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Dico Slab',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eThe Roman god Janus is depicted with two faces – one looking to the past and one to the future.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAs namesake to the month of January, he represented time, duality, beginnings, endings, thresholds and was called on at times of transition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Dico Slab',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: -.45pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Dico Slab',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eMella Shaw’s “Janus Forms” are ceramic objects that have one continuous surface but two equal and opposite sides. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Dico Slab',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThey role, but not in a straight line.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThey are a continuation of Mella’s background in anthropology, museums and the study of material culture.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThey draw on her desire as a maker to capture a moment of precarious balance in a static object. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Dico Slab',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: -.45pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Dico Slab',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThese forms are made to be held as\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Dico Slab',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e meditative objects that sit comfortably in the hand(s). The highly polished, smooth ceramic surfaces have a mysterious patina resulting from smoke-firing – the most ancient of ceramic processes – making them appear timeless and other-worldly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: -.45pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Dico Slab',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eSmall 11cm diameter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: -.45pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Dico Slab',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eMedium 15cm diameter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: -.45pt; text-indent: -1.0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mella Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Small terracotta","offer_id":56736891011452,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Small Grey","offer_id":56736891044220,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Medium Terracotta","offer_id":56736891076988,"sku":null,"price":575.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Medium  Grey","offer_id":56736891109756,"sku":null,"price":575.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/6626\/4380\/files\/MellaShaw_JanusForms_1_2.jpg?v=1778061074","url":"https:\/\/shop.bard-scotland.com\/en-au\/products\/mella-shaw-janus-forms","provider":"Bard Scotland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}