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, against the perminance and complexity of the earth.
“He who forms a human out of clay puts into shape the essence of life made from a living material, clay….”
– Imre Schrammel.
There is narrative in everything. Materials are imbued with stories even before we start moulding them into shape. Clay is no exception, from...
I produce wheel-thrown vessels that I create with a sense of spontaneity, capturing the feeling of movement and growth. These qualities are...
There is so much beauty to be found in art history, particularly the figurative work of Rodin, Kahlo and Moore. There is an energy contained in...
“Life is like texture” Elizabeth day" (2020) Porcelain does what it wants, it remembers every touch we encounter on it and leaves a memory of our mistakes...
Through the outsourcing and mechanisation of labour and the outsourcing of materials, we have steadily become increasingly distanced from the objects that...
In this project I have been exploring the hierarchy of materials within ceramics as a study into the accustomed narratives of museum curation. The...