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View fullsize This is *part* of my new installation work.
 
IN MEMORIAM invites reflection on loss, memory, love and hope.
Deeply personal, it was inspired by my dear mum Mary who died in a care home during the covid years. 
While making the work I thought about t
View fullsize WALL PIECE: Porcelain Paper Clay and Found Objects. Mounted on a wooden church pew panel dated c.1860.

#ceramic #sculpture #art #wallart #porcelain #glaze #foundobjects #rustynails #churchpew #woodpanel #19thcentury
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#ceramic #handbuilt #clay #porcelain #bonechina #craft #sculpture #art #sculpturalceramics #manyhoursofwork #conceptual #waitingintheoffice #partofaninstallation #nest #symbolic
View fullsize Safely out of the kiln . . breathing a sigh of relief. . . 

#phew #ceramic #sculpture #ceramicart #porcelain #bonechina #oxide #stain #glaze #nest #sulpturalceramics #inmemoriam
View fullsize ANNOUNCEMENT:
 
It is with enormous regret and disappointment that I have withdrawn from the Site Specific Installation competition at Wells Cathedral.
I was over the moon to win the commission on the basis of my site specific proposal for the Unknow
View fullsize Finally finished and slowly drying. . . one part of a larger installation piece. . . the shape is quite tight at the moment but it will slump in the heat of the kiln. . . hopefully in a good way!

#porcelain #bonechina #handbuilt #nest #sculpture #in
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Hand-built with found materials and London garden clay; contains a feather and porcelain 
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My fascination with nests stems from childhood. I grew up next to a Rookery, so the rooks nests were a constant visible presence. Their messy,
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#sculpture #installation #wellscathedral #unknowntomb #wellsartcontemporary2025 #internationalcompetition #conceptual #materials #clay #ceramic #wip @wellsartcontemporary @wells_cathedral @parkerharrisco 
#judges #lauramoffat
 
 

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