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By Kate Gorbunova

Blackware Hound

Sculpture
25 x 16 x 11 cm

£504.00
About the Artwork

Blackware Hound is a hand-built stoneware vessel that reimagines Roman dog-head goblets through the lens of life in modern Hackney. The howling hound form, based on the artist’s own whippet, sits somewhere between sculpture and functional object. Floral slip decoration wraps the base, nodding to traditional ceramic motifs while keeping things playful. The piece explores Hackney’s cultural influence today, its creative energy and contradictions, and draws a line back to ancient Rome - another place where style, identity and symbolism shaped everyday life. It’s about continuity, community, and the creatures we keep close.

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Details

Medium: Sculpture

Year: 2025

Size: 25 x 16 x 11 cm

Ready to Hang: Yes, n/a (the work is a sculpture/based on the floor)

To be displayed free standing on table, shelf or plinth

Kate Gorbunova

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Kate Gorbunova (b. 1987) is a Hackney-based ceramicist who came to clay after a decade as a graphic designer. She studied at the University of Leeds. Her work is eclectic and character-led, drawing inspiration from antiquity, classical forms, and her whippet. Through her practice, she explores the cultural weight of Hackney and its parallels with ancient Rome. Her ceramic alter ego, Count Barkula, emerged in response to the first lockdown. Her work is stocked by Urn Studios.

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