As a society are we becoming dependent on technology and basing our lives and self-image on what the media tells us? Are we being distracted by material objects and turning into automatons, oblivious to our internal thoughts, feelings, and true selves? Are we unnecessary cloaking ourselves in garments of concealment, suffocating in our own internal blindness so much that we miss what lies beyond the surface?
In my work I want to explore the notion of this usually unseen world and examine the internal psychological emotional states, the hidden essences, and elements and beliefs which affects it.
While we are busily manipulating our various images and identities to fit expectations we are unaware of other unseen and forgotten roles and aspirations we might explore. We look past ourselves yet try to find ourselves, not realising the truth lies within us.
These reflections influence my work and using the vessel form as a metaphor for the body I play with the idea of concealing, revealing and looking beyond the everyday. This is portrayed through a shift between glazed and unglazed surfaces as well as through altering textures and tonal colours in my ceramic objects. The contrast of surfaces and use of curves with abrupt sharp angles encourages the eye to explore the differences of the internal and external bodies.
Originally working with closed forms I tried to represent an inner presence. These forms slowly started to disintegrate and eventually evolved into more open forms revealing internal secrets originally concealed. The essence of the hidden world can now move freely within and around it.
I invite the viewer to interrogate and experience a transformative moment through the unveiling of the unseen which may be repressed or undisclosed. |
