Day: 27 May 2015
Kate Miller

Kate Miller

The body of work I present for the Degree Show is an exploration of material and theoretical constructs, and a statement on global conservation from a socio-political standpoint. Drawing inspiration from graph readings of seismic events and traditional pottery...

Thomas Hedley

Thomas Hedley

Geometry is the visual study of spatial forms, shapes, sizes, positions and patterns. It is the branch of mathematics concerning the relationships, measurements and properties of points, angles, lines, surfaces and solids. It defines the world around us and everything...

Adam Simpson

Adam Simpson

Telling a Narrative My work explores the rich collections of myths and legends, some well known narratives that have engaged our imagination for centuries. I alter the story, to be seen from the standpoint of the animal, making them the victim and not us. Myths have...

Sarah Statham

Sarah Statham

"Of what use was it to be loved and lose one's beauty and become Real if it all ended like this?"" - Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit The capturing of images through photography is a major theme running through my work, how we use images to construct and...

Kevin Plummer

Kevin Plummer

Reconciliation Where Isaac Newton, along with many Renaissance scientists, spent countless hours attempting to turn base elements into elusive precious metals with no success, the modern ceramicist has the power to do this, through an understanding of essential...

Amber Lei

Amber Lei

Yours Truly Artist statement I create work based on the idea of being human; not only forms but emotive and functioning. As human beings we can never understand ourselves completely, which creates a certain dichotomy, if we do not understand completely how we feel and...

Bleddyn Lewis

Bleddyn Lewis

The Honest Attention I centre the basis of this idea around the ideas of abstract expressionism. The vessel is the vehichle I choose to work with, to explore space and time and these objects act as a carrier for self expression. My approach to throwing is intuitive...

Rachel Codd

Rachel Codd

Human Beauty I work with classical narratives to create wearable ceramics, thus connecting to the wearer and drawing them into the story and focus. I am passionate about using my work as a vessel to draw a little bit of fantasy from my classical inspirations and into...

Jane Plahe

Jane Plahe

My work attempts to address, not our relationship to the earth, but the earths relationship to ourselves using a variety of clays dug from around cardiff to illustrate the variety, but underlying commonality of humanity and the transient experience of being human,...

Charlotte Burke

Charlotte Burke

The Process Object Oriented Ontology, the idea of an object having an effect on the human mind and being able to recollect thoughts and feelings is very interesting when working with found artefacts. This interaction is of great importance to my work, not just by...

Joanna Amy Simmonds

Joanna Amy Simmonds

The proposition that we are defined by our abilities is brought into question in relation to my practice, highlighting the possibility that it is not our abilities but our choices that define us as creators. My work explores the restrictions that occur in both 2D and...

Kieran McAteer

Kieran McAteer

I employ traditional pottery techniques to create contemporary work that explores formal values, through the medium of tableware. Formal values are explored in both 2D and 3D formats using relatively minimal abstract mark making, these are then appropriated for...

Donna Leach

Donna Leach

Exhibiting aesthetic sensibilities which are experienced from visual representation created within an object and the displaying of contradictions between the real and unreal is central to my work. This visual language of past and present creates a 'tipping point'...