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SPACER
ERHelen
Felcey
Helen Felcey's
current work explores the relationships we have
with familiar objects, seeking ways to increase sensory experiences
and stimulate imagination.
Helen works predominantly in porcelain and bone china producing series
of pieces, one-offs, and large collections of objects.
Laura Birdsall
Laura's current work is a journey into the interior. It begins by catching a glimpse of something hidden, a spark of curiosity. She is interested in a child's ability to see a whole universe in something very small. It is this sense of wonder, invention and the unexpected that she wants to convey.
The interior spaces
of her work suggest a microscopic world or dimly illuminated caves. They
are imagined spaces inhabited by strange and curious organisms, a fantastic
voyage through awe-inspiring landscapes and miniature worlds.
It is the otherness of nature that strikes a cord with her, things that
are alien and also familiar, compelling, yet repulsive.
All the work is
hand formed blown glass. It is cased with a transparent and an opaque
colour, which gives depth and intensity.
Laura has won the much coveted Bombay Sapphire Best Newcomer Prize 2006.
Penny
Fowler
Penny
works in bone china and porcelain clays, combining layering, inlay and
carving techniques. She creates plaster moulds within which her forms
are cast. These forms are then handcarved through the layers of colour
and finely sanded to achieve an exquisite natural and smooth 'pebble'
like quality.
She explores the hollow form by carving shapes which allow the play of
light and dark on these almost transluscent surfaces. The use of colour
to form opaque areas emphasise the link between light and dark.
Clare
Henshaw
Clare
Henshaw is an established designer/maker of glass. Her work is represented
in five major public collections including the V & A Museum, the
Crafts Council, Fizwilliam Museum, Ulster Museum, Norwich Castle Museum
and Broadfield House Glass Museum. She also has work in private collections
in the USA, Switzerland and the UK
After spending 9 years in the north of Sweden she was greatly affected by the 'extraordinary light phenomenon' 'and long Arctic winters' which she says shaped her visual sense. Her work is at once calm and contemplative; it is about light and colour.
Her pieces are free blown, vessel forms which are outside and inside cased with colour. Using the 'graal' technique, she cuts through layers of colour to reveal the inside colours. Patterns are generated which become integral with the form as the piece is blown into its final shape.
Rachel James
Rachel's interests lie in working with a combination of materials to explore ideas of movement, balance and texture. She is inspired by the moving figure, especially dancers. Her sculptures are made using forged steel, wire and bone china clay. Firing these materials together creates an interesting surface texture and encapsulates elements of fragility.