My Work

My Work

 

 

 

 

                           

 

Above are two pieces I was working on to find a surface texture I found interesting. Both worked out as I expected but am still unsure whether to use these

 

The images here show my experiments with adding seed to clay. My idea was to have a resting place for the fallen conker, somewhere earthy and unperfected like in nature. To show the contrast of texture.

Larger conkers sitting on partially glazed rough surfaces. I love the contrast in texture from the smooth exterior of the conker placed on top of the rugged box along with the textured rope.

David Katz

Katz explores the notion of existence within a fabricated reality of constructed space.


'we exist within! realities of our own construction, adapting to a
world of our own creation.'


His work appears to be very controlled and trapped but yet is making a path of its own.
I think most the class would find this artist interesting even if it doesn't relate to your studio work.

Cara Jung

Jung believes new experiences incite creativity and keep the mind fresh. The sculptures are a hybrid mix of contradiction; maturity and innocence, machine and organism, novelty and familiarity.
Her work is mysterious enough  to push the viewer into the expanse of his or her own imagination. I feel Emma King and Hubert may find this artist good with their studio work.

Jiwan Joo

 'There’s an entrance and an exit, but it’s hard to find the way out.'

'I think that there is no more beauty than simplicity, and the plainness of geometric shape and line as time goes by.'

The pure lines and shape give a beauty to the piece.

Brian Jones

Jones interest lies in the investigation of the transformative character of memories. The convention that a pot is “complete” after it has been fired is something that I am working to subvert by the
addition of other materials following the glaze firing.


'This juxtaposition complicates the read of the work, slowing the comprehension
and experience of what may appear to be a simple object.'

Tsehai Johnson

Her ceramic objects and installations act as cultural and social documents transmitting
information about the most intimate details of human life. She is neither
descriptive nor literal but work to portray humdrum events, domestic conditions, and tensions
through formal representations and juxtapositions. I think Maeve would find this interesting with her use of everyday items such as plates and teapots.

Samuel Johnson

These pieces explore color by minimizing it and may suggest purity and clarity while
maintaining surface textures that seem idiosyncratic and imperfect.  They are
mysterious and enigmatic in ways that are familiar:  opposing elements that strive for a
rational ideal while remaining essentially flawed and vulnerable. I like his surface quality to his piece and I can relate to this in my own work. 

Peter Christian Johnson

He is interested in how the artifacts we leave behind speak to our history and
cultural identity.It catalogues the act of making, of constructing, of
inventing, and reinventing. These sculptures are not recreations of objects from our culture,
but abstractions of the things we find ourselves surrounded. I think Robert would find this artist interesting his forms are quite similar.

Darien Johnson

His work represents the current entanglement of human cognition and digital processing

The resulting work conveys an entanglement of artistic intuition and digital processing, and
comments on the integration of digital media and human cognition

My work

I believe memory attaches itself to objects and colour.

References to landscape and nature are evident in many of my forms and working processes. The forms are abstract yet resemble the biological features of their source. Earth’s structure, forms and textures inform my work. 

I am drawn to organic formations and extreme landscapes that remind me of my own childhood, living in the countryside. I am interested in exploring these ideas through my work by, abstracted or fragmented forms that are reflective of the land, processes, and materials from which they are derived.

My aim is to create work that emanates a natural true sense of beauty and vitality. The interaction of touch, material and colour in my work helps to evoke memories in the viewer and myself.