Welcome to my website!
Here you can explore my ceramic artwork and the thought processes behind my them.
Brief Information
I am an artist who predominately creates pieces through the medium of clay. I became interested in ceramics from a young age due to growing up in Buckley (a historic pottery making town in North Wales). My interest led me to explore the diversity of clay through high school leading to local exhibitions. I have achieved my BA (Hons) Ceramics at Cardiff School of Art and Design, achieving a First Class Honours. Recently, I have completed my MA Ceramics and I am currently showing my artwork in several exhibitions.
Personal Statement
Clay, traditionally a medium for decoration and historically tied with positive experiences/emotions, becomes in my work a tool for revealing complex global issues and aspects of the social condition. I express my feelings using clay; describing an awareness of the issues I'm concerned with.
We surround ourselves with objects and ornaments that have some sort of significant value to us; but what happens to these objects when we pass away. I have been exploring the identity of objects left behind from loved ones. The objects have lost their attached identity but have the capacity to still be significant to others who knew the original owner. The objects themselves, through their materiality, describe the absence of that person - their presence can trigger memories.
I have incorporated forms that signify preservation to create a discourse between the ornaments and their context. I have used the bell jar form for its museum connotations, exploring the preservation of the ornaments; layering some of the forms to represent the family generations of preservation for the objects. These layers slowly break down as time passes and this is described in the pieces.
Brief Information
I am an artist who predominately creates pieces through the medium of clay. I became interested in ceramics from a young age due to growing up in Buckley (a historic pottery making town in North Wales). My interest led me to explore the diversity of clay through high school leading to local exhibitions. I have achieved my BA (Hons) Ceramics at Cardiff School of Art and Design, achieving a First Class Honours. Recently, I have completed my MA Ceramics and I am currently showing my artwork in several exhibitions.
Personal Statement
Clay, traditionally a medium for decoration and historically tied with positive experiences/emotions, becomes in my work a tool for revealing complex global issues and aspects of the social condition. I express my feelings using clay; describing an awareness of the issues I'm concerned with.
We surround ourselves with objects and ornaments that have some sort of significant value to us; but what happens to these objects when we pass away. I have been exploring the identity of objects left behind from loved ones. The objects have lost their attached identity but have the capacity to still be significant to others who knew the original owner. The objects themselves, through their materiality, describe the absence of that person - their presence can trigger memories.
I have incorporated forms that signify preservation to create a discourse between the ornaments and their context. I have used the bell jar form for its museum connotations, exploring the preservation of the ornaments; layering some of the forms to represent the family generations of preservation for the objects. These layers slowly break down as time passes and this is described in the pieces.
