Ceramics/ Gallery 02/ Page 05

I tried to make something ugly but failed repeatedly
Earthenware, thread ceramic elements
h20cm each on average

This experiment in the context and scale of my work is part of a process whereby my work becomes more like installations and less like individual sculptures. This signifies a change in my thinking and the way I expect it to be seen and understood (or not).

The individual units remain small but are physically connected by thread so that they occupy the space they are in as a group rather than as individual artistic statements. The work is much more demanding and is much less likely to be mistaken for something practical or representational although echoes of both remain.

I presented this work on my uncleared desk. The desk was arranged so it was not a clean blank space, I half cleared it and half hid the tools and pots of slip and glaze I work with. The result was an incognito sculpture, it was completely ambiguous whether it was a bit of old junk that had been left around or if it was on display. There were clues, like the title label and a price tag, there was a plinth/stand in the middle of my desk and there was the red silk thread joining it all together, also each element includes an object on a ceramic stand or plinth. If anything the piece is a maquette or a rehersal for forthcoming projects.