Insects – handmade ceramics
Insect vessels come in one of four ice-cream colours: red, yellow, green or blue. One of four insects may have alighted on each vessel: moth, butterfly, dragonfly or bee. Look out too for the additional mini creature trying to pass by unnoticed!
The work is made to retain strong traces of the hand making process: throwing spirals from fingers drawing clay up on the wheel, marks on the base from the wire that cut the pot free of the wheel, dents emphasising the soft state of the clay during the making process, and the sloping line of dip in the glaze bucket. The human energy that is invested in creating the vessel becomes encapsulated in the form
The insect designs, sketched by hand and printed into decals, were inspired by insects that came into Debbie's flat one summer. They remind her of the irrepressible energy of nature and draw attention to the exquisite detail of the small creatures that we share our world with.
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