Red Tulips by Susan Nemeth 2023

(Vase with 9 Loose Tulips)
Material: Porcelain, glaze, coloured slips, gold leaf
Technique: Coiled and carved
15 layers of painted, coloured, transparent slips
Poured glaze
Applied gold leaf
2 firings, highest 1290 degrees
Measurements: H 58 cm L 45 cm W 35 cm

I love the way tulips wilt in the vase. When my brother died, my mother said an abundance of red tulips suddenly sprang up in her garden the next spring.