Aureate 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 blossoming of growth and knowing 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.
Aureate 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 - I was working to combat the forces of gravity and had to listen closely to the parameters of the clay. I was able to play with balance and push to the outer limits of the forms capacity. This helped me to capture a sense of organic movement in an inanimate form.
Aureate Bloom is impressive in presence and size and provides layers of detail and voluptuous form to draw in the eye.
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 blossoming of growth and knowing 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.
Aureate 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 - I was working to combat the forces of gravity and had to listen closely to the parameters of the clay. I was able to play with balance and push to the outer limits of the forms capacity. This helped me to capture a sense of organic movement in an inanimate form.
Aureate Bloom is impressive in presence and size and provides layers of detail and voluptuous form to draw in the eye.
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 blossoming of growth and knowing 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.
Aureate 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 - I was working to combat the forces of gravity and had to listen closely to the parameters of the clay. I was able to play with balance and push to the outer limits of the forms capacity. This helped me to capture a sense of organic movement in an inanimate form.
Aureate Bloom is impressive in presence and size and provides layers of detail and voluptuous form to draw in the eye.
Blended hand building clay - mid fire to stoneware
Gold glaze exterior
Interior - light pink underglaze and white satin glaze
Height - 48cm
Width - 47cm
Depth - 46cm