Bloom
This flowing organic shape, draws on the feminine. The form ripples and flows with movement. It speaks of femineity, strength, fragility, generosity and grace. I created this at a time when I was digging deep to discover my own strength, that over time had been bridled by trauma. I felt a ‘bloom’ of growth and courage while creating this piece, which enabled me to push the limitations of construction, to test my capabilities.
A rich, lustrous gold covers the surface bringing light and richness accentuating the contours, and highlighting the movement and flow of the object. I added fingerprints of texture to the lower section of the vessel alluding to growth from tenuous foundations.
Bloom is constructed using a variety of hand building techniques. My preferred method is coiling - long snakes of clay are rolled out and layered one atop the other then blended to form a solid plane. It is a slow process but if offers enormous flexibility in terms of design. This construction was particularly challenging - the forces of gravity were against my drive to push the parameters of balance and portray organic movement in an inanimate object.
This flowing organic shape, draws on the feminine. The form ripples and flows with movement. It speaks of femineity, strength, fragility, generosity and grace. I created this at a time when I was digging deep to discover my own strength, that over time had been bridled by trauma. I felt a ‘bloom’ of growth and courage while creating this piece, which enabled me to push the limitations of construction, to test my capabilities.
A rich, lustrous gold covers the surface bringing light and richness accentuating the contours, and highlighting the movement and flow of the object. I added fingerprints of texture to the lower section of the vessel alluding to growth from tenuous foundations.
Bloom is constructed using a variety of hand building techniques. My preferred method is coiling - long snakes of clay are rolled out and layered one atop the other then blended to form a solid plane. It is a slow process but if offers enormous flexibility in terms of design. This construction was particularly challenging - the forces of gravity were against my drive to push the parameters of balance and portray organic movement in an inanimate object.
This flowing organic shape, draws on the feminine. The form ripples and flows with movement. It speaks of femineity, strength, fragility, generosity and grace. I created this at a time when I was digging deep to discover my own strength, that over time had been bridled by trauma. I felt a ‘bloom’ of growth and courage while creating this piece, which enabled me to push the limitations of construction, to test my capabilities.
A rich, lustrous gold covers the surface bringing light and richness accentuating the contours, and highlighting the movement and flow of the object. I added fingerprints of texture to the lower section of the vessel alluding to growth from tenuous foundations.
Bloom is constructed using a variety of hand building techniques. My preferred method is coiling - long snakes of clay are rolled out and layered one atop the other then blended to form a solid plane. It is a slow process but if offers enormous flexibility in terms of design. This construction was particularly challenging - the forces of gravity were against my drive to push the parameters of balance and portray organic movement in an inanimate object.
Blended hand building clay - mid fire to stoneware
Kaolin wash
Red iron oxide
Height - 34cm
Width - 25cm
Depth - 13cm