Perception Deception "Abstracting is real, probably more real than nature" - Josef Albers My work is part of an investigation into the forms and shapes which appear in nature and animals. My practice took root through the investigation of a painting at a museum...
Pulse "Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you in to creativity that is not hampered by opinion"- Red Haircrow The work is a visual experience of my own creative practice; a way of actualising the unseen without a verbal language. I play with...
A Material Experience A material experience comes from an experimental style of making, which is driven by a fascination with ceramic material and its vast range of qualities and potentials. Alongside this, the process of making is especially important to the overall...
The space binds and flows like poetry and on a starting points demonstrates thats that I have negotiated with internal and external space within the objects presented. Space with its whole sophisticated metaphor becames the subject of my work and something I have...
The Salient Dead 'We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together' History removes man from sites of carnage; death tolls of warfare are reported via the amount of weapons used rather than casualties: 'They describe the struggle of the tanks, guns,...
Delineations Is there a line that divides day and night, land and sea, east and west? Where does this line lie? It shifts continuously, it is not fixed, it is intangible. When we reach out for it, it moves on. Our perceptions are based on our current position, when we...
The landscape painting has inspired a plenty of works since a long time ago, and it is still a great source that has many possibilities and valuable parts that could be worked with various interpretations. This project has started from an inspiration by traditional...
Self-Portrait "But if you look long enough, eventually you will be able to see me" - Margaret Atwood. Self-Portrait is a part of a ceramic and theoretical investigation into what portraiture can reveal to the viewer. This collection of ceramic objects physically...
Pareidolia Responding to local geological phenomena, these pieces reflect a creative investigation into the concept of material. Heat, pressure and time, are the predominant forces in both geological and ceramic process, altering states of material. This work...
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