My work attempts to repair or at least acknowledge a dispute between the terms ‘Craft’ and ‘Art’. With my duo presentation of ceramic vessels and etching prints, I am driven purely by the grandeur of method, indulging in numerous processes of fine art, including thrown ceramics, glaze making, intaligo printmaking and paper making. My work explores a value for tactility and materialism in art, with an interest into optical perception, an experimentation with functionality and a criticism of hobbyism.
‘Utilities’, 2022 Stoneware ceramic vases with rutile glaze.
Ceramic vases are piled into spires on a plinth, glazed in a buttery, speckle white, its hand-touch obvious from the undulating surface and pooling of colour. Though functional, the wares are stacked and sealed at their lips, slipping slightly into themselves between curves and necks and foot rings. Bands of the wheel spiral their bodies, as they stand in a herd, much to their survival. Sliced, dried, cracked and burned. They lean from exhaustion.
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Installation view 1
Photography: Andrew Curtis
Installation view 2
Photography: Andrew Curtis
Installation view 3
Photography: Andrew Curtis
BoheMia, ‘Utilities’, 2022 Stoneware ceramic vases with rutile glaze.
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