Launching at The Merchant's Table on the Spring Equinox, Thursday 20th March 2025.
“We invited our makers and artists to create a single piece or a series as an expression of love, open to their interpretation.”
See my Projects and Process for a description of the collection and how it evolved.
This is a group show in Arundel … really worth a trip for Gallery 57, Arundel Castle and all the fabulous cafes!
Visit my Gallery 57 artist profile or see more detail about my work for this show in Projects and Process.
Join me at the Primrose Hill Designer Sale on Saturday 7th December 2024.
Visit their instagram for more details and images: @primrosehilldesignersale
After the lockdown directive on March 24rd I was struck by a phrase I heard describing “the weight of uncertainty”. I decided to translate this expression into a clay weight of 1 oz per day. 7oz in 7 days. I made a vessel everyday describing any feelings or information relevant to that day. I also wrote the date on the base of each piece.
The accumulated uncertainty over the ensuing 103 days of official lockdown are visually represented in this collection of vessels. They are all the same weight, are around 3-5 cm high and made of white and black earthenware clay. The darker clay reflecting days of darker mood. I stopped making them on July 4th when so many of the lockdown measures were lifted.
On January 4th a third national lockdown was announced and I returned to my previous project The Weight of Uncertainty.
This new work in progress is Part 2.
Once again I am using 1 oz of clay as the weight for each thrown vessel and I am making one for every day of this lockdown. The accumulating vessels represent the passing days and the weight of uncertainty felt within them. So far I have only used dark clay.
