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I have been experimenting with live drawing. With my colleague John Carbery I have filmed brief drawings at the latest Open Studios event where we tested some quick drawing techniques.

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complications - a drawing by Simon Fell
Above: Vortex, Acrylic and wax crayon on paper.

A current strand of my work is exploring sculptural ideas through drawing.

Change the world - redraw it
in clay.


I work with clay because it is such a responsive material. It is a pleasure to work with a medium that does (almost) what you want. Clay can be moulded when it is soft, when pressed it holds the shape you give it, when it dries to a leather-hard state it can be worked like soft wood or plaster, carved, cut and re-joined in sheets.


What to make of clay in the 21st century?

My work has several strands of ideas running through it, including an iconagraphy drawn from my history as man and boy mixed liberally with references to art and contemporary life. I am currently working with a lot of patterns both in my drawing and my sculptural work.

 
   

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Above: 'Tension extension'
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Six unglazed earthenware objects on bamboo poles joined with polyester threads supported by a furniture unit.
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Work in progress

Projects in progress now tend to be much bigger in that they have many component parts. The components are not particularly big but the overall idea can be spread through a large volume of space.

A recently completed work is an installation where ceramic compositions supported on bamboo poles are linked by red polyester threads. The process of installing the work was fraught with technical challenges mainly associated with putting the ceramic objects in place without breaking them, and getting the tension of the cords right and the composition of the whole ensemble. The installed work has been photographed and filmed, these media making subsiduary works in their own right.

The heads below are a work in progress, photographed to look monumental they are about half life size.

Karparc, a cermic installation

[Above] Heads, a work in progress.
Unglazed earthenware forms, h25cm approx.
Image copyright S.Fell





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