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 an installation 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 objects. The work is more challenging 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 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 an experiment or a rehersal for forthcoming projects.