Tischblume Chrysantheme Barnaby Barford The rhinoceros

The rhinoceros

Ted Muehling

but also the table

Wim Delvoye questions the standardized values of a consumer oriented society

Luise Terletzki-Scherf designed the original form of this seven centimetre tall porcelain figure in 1931

Tischblume Chrysantheme Barnaby Barford The rhinocerosAs unique as their natural counterparts and without the use of model moulds, these miniatures grow in the hands of the artisans. Careful shaping and joining of innumerable individual leaves, fine filaments and delicate stems creates every flower. The furnace decides how the petals fall, giving each flower its very own individual character. Big or small, hand painted or in pure white porcelain no two are alike.