Morven Mulgrew Mortar Gun Ribbons Candlesticks

‘I’m interested by mass production and the tension between mass-made and handmade,’ Morven says. ‘I made these wood-fired stoneware candlesticks while on a residency at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop. I didn’t talk to anyone and was listening to podcasts about Elon Musk, so my head was filled with ideas of production, validity and maleness. I piped these out of a mortar gun, playing with the idea of myself as a human 3D printer. I like the collapsed curviness of it all and I like dunking things in lots of glazes. You can wedge candles into the gaps and melt them in wherever you like.’

1. Height 12cm, width 21 cm, depth 21cm.
2. Height 9cm, width 19cm, depth 17cm.
3. Height 11cm, width 19cm, depth 16cm.