'Ceramics'
Beautiful porcelain forms inspired directly by erosion and decay.
'My love affair with porcelain paperclay began in 2019.
I never imagined that I would incorporate ceramics into my
art practice but after coming across its use
within the art jewellery field I started experimenting.
Once the experimentation had begun I realised
how much I could push this amazing material
in terms of form and treatment of surface detail ...
I realised that my painterly mark making and application
of texture that I had so loved when painting,
could once more play its major part in my work.
Strangely though for an artist who is obsessed with bright and
spectacular colour it is the black through grey to white end
of the colour spectrum that I am now obsessed with
and an avoidance of colour (unless accidental !!)'
I never imagined that I would incorporate ceramics into my
art practice but after coming across its use
within the art jewellery field I started experimenting.
Once the experimentation had begun I realised
how much I could push this amazing material
in terms of form and treatment of surface detail ...
I realised that my painterly mark making and application
of texture that I had so loved when painting,
could once more play its major part in my work.
Strangely though for an artist who is obsessed with bright and
spectacular colour it is the black through grey to white end
of the colour spectrum that I am now obsessed with
and an avoidance of colour (unless accidental !!)'
Gallery:
'Peeling paint, erosion, texture, pattern and colour is what has inspired me
throughout my 35+ years as a visual artist.
Porcelain paperclay is a fairly recent discovery ...
it is stronger during hand building and when fired becomes lighter than traditional porcelain
(owing to the flax that burns out during firing).
It offers me more adventures for large scale sculptural hand-building
and I'm loving seeing how much I can push it !!'
throughout my 35+ years as a visual artist.
Porcelain paperclay is a fairly recent discovery ...
it is stronger during hand building and when fired becomes lighter than traditional porcelain
(owing to the flax that burns out during firing).
It offers me more adventures for large scale sculptural hand-building
and I'm loving seeing how much I can push it !!'