These are antique pieces and are sold as such. Although VV does its best to highlight major flaws, minor imperfections should be expected reflecting the age and previous use of the piece.
Modder Inner Child is a hand-coiled stoneware sculpture by Dutch ceramic artist Françoise Jeffrey, executed in 2022 and delivered directly from her Amsterdam studio.
The work is built through a coiling technique — clay rings stacked and shaped by hand — that leaves the process visible in the final form. The organic, softly irregular surfaces are left unglazed, allowing the raw stoneware to speak with the directness of material that has not been concealed or perfected. Subtle asymmetries and surface variations are not flaws but the record of making — evidence that the work was shaped by human hands, not by a mold.
At the base, a delicate application of 24k gold leaf references the Japanese practice of Kintsugi — where fractures and imperfections are marked with precious material rather than hidden. The gesture is quiet, almost invisible, but it carries a precise philosophical weight: that what has been broken or incomplete is not diminished but transformed.
Part of a small series — each piece hand-built individually and unique in surface character.
Artist: Françoise Jeffrey, b. Netherlands Title: Modder Inner Child I Year: 2022 Medium: Hand-coiled unglazed stoneware with 24k gold leaf detail Measurements: 26 × 12 cm · Weight 2 kg Provenance: Direct from the artist's studio, Amsterdam Certificate: Original signed certificate of authenticity included
Modder Inner Child is a hand-coiled stoneware sculpture by Dutch ceramic artist Françoise Jeffrey, executed in 2022 and delivered directly from her Amsterdam studio.
The work is built through a coiling technique — clay rings stacked and shaped by hand — that leaves the process visible in the final form. The organic, softly irregular surfaces are left unglazed, allowing the raw stoneware to speak with the directness of material that has not been concealed or perfected. Subtle asymmetries and surface variations are not flaws but the record of making — evidence that the work was shaped by human hands, not by a mold.
At the base, a delicate application of 24k gold leaf references the Japanese practice of Kintsugi — where fractures and imperfections are marked with precious material rather than hidden. The gesture is quiet, almost invisible, but it carries a precise philosophical weight: that what has been broken or incomplete is not diminished but transformed.
Part of a small series — each piece hand-built individually and unique in surface character.
Artist: Françoise Jeffrey, b. Netherlands Title: Modder Inner Child I Year: 2022 Medium: Hand-coiled unglazed stoneware with 24k gold leaf detail Measurements: 26 × 12 cm · Weight 2 kg Provenance: Direct from the artist's studio, Amsterdam Certificate: Original signed certificate of authenticity included
These are antique pieces and are sold as such. Although VV does its best to highlight major flaws, minor imperfections should be expected reflecting the age and previous use of the piece.
