CRACKED MYTHS
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Issues
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ICARUS
Best known for his ill-fated attempt at flight with wings held together with beeswax. Not actually a god but nevertheless unforgettable. I have made a set of Icarus figures which describe his venture from ambition, fall to regret and I call it the Icarus Project. Finally, I am making a memorial to Icarus entitle Above us…
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GODDESSES
Dryads The dryad’s existence is tied to her tree; if the tree dies, so does she. This intense, symbiotic relationship can be interpreted as a powerful metaphor for self-reliance and an identity that is inherently personal and autonomous, challenging patriarchal or heteronormative narratives of dependency. Hecate She is often depicted with a pair of torches,…
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ANCIENT DYSTOPIA – WHY?
Why create an ancient dystopia? In my work I explore themes of consumer culture, environmental recklessness, and socio-political global conflict in ceramic. In my last work Shed Salty Tears the debris left on our beaches reveals plastic’s wider implications for our environmental health, marine ecosystems and how both marine and human populations can survive. This was a 21st…
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KINTSUGI
In contemporary art, cracked sculptures are sometimes reimagined using the Japanese kintsugi technique (repairing broken pottery with gold), highlighting the beauty of repairs. The history of Kintsugi Kintsugi is the ancient Japanese technique of preparing broken ceramics. The cracks and blemishes are painted with gold, silver of platinum lacquer. so, rather than disguising the cracks, they are highlighted to…
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