A L I S O N W E S T
C U R R E N T W O R K
K I R S T Y A D A M S
Kirsty Adam’s work is both functional and holds aesthetic meaning, retaining the spontaneity and delicacy intrinsic to making on the potters’ wheel. A Japanese comb tool is used to create and enhance the throwing lines. Her Icelandic collection is the culmination of a research trip to Iceland to express the ‘otherworldliness’ of the landscape.
Kirsty is an award-winning ceramicist currently working from her studio in Newcastle upon Tyne. She originally trained at Brighton Art College and then on the potters’ wheel in Japan. She has developed a personal approach to throwing on the wheel using porcelain clay, to produce unique pieces for the home.
Exhibitions and Events
Being Human
6th March - 19th April 2020
C U R R E N T W O R K
Lucia Zamberletti
Italy
"My approach to ceramic has been raw and pure with an urgent need to create with my own hands after several years of working in the fashion system as a product developer. I love to observe nature and live surrounded by it. Witnessing the changing of the seasons leaves me with many impressions of natural life which I transform into sculptural pieces."
"I like to manipulate the clay, pay attention to its suggestions and live in the present. I often ride the wave of intuition and pleasure and make joyful pieces that spread an idea of beauty. I like to think that they can speak for themselves despite of who I am and where I come from.“
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"I also value imperfection which is a distinctive concept both in nature and in ceramics, I like to underline it in my works because it is how I mostly feel as a human being.”
"I use both an electric kiln firing at low temperatures: 950°- 980°- 1020°- and a Raku Kiln firing mainly at 920°- 950°; I like to experiment with layers of glazes and mixing them up with engobes and oxides in order to obtain different colour combinations of which I'm pretty obsessed."
Lucia Zamberletti is an Italian ceramic artist who has shown her work across Europe and in the USA.
About the BLOOMEN series:
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"These sculptures are made with different ceramic elements fired individually that are considered in their own right before they find their right place among the others. The different pieces are then stacked together on an iron base, the piece at the top which is often a giant bloom or seed can contain any sort of flower which can eventually become part of the sculpture."
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"This collection is the land/space where contrasts finally meet: polished and glossy surfaces meet with rustic and rough ones, organic and fluid shapes are here pair with geometric and solid volumes, bold and shiny colors match with matt and soft tones. Even the idea of the blossom movement that is represented is in contrast with the quiet and stillness of the sculpture itself."
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About the FUNGHI series:
"I love Funghi, I'm emotionally attached to their world. I still remember the great connection with nature I had when as a child i went mushroom picking with my dad. Funghi are Popicons: there are people who collect them, some love to eat them, some heal themselves through their power and everybody has somehow a childhood memory of “fungi”.
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"They sometimes turned out to be “brutal” , their stems are crooked, their hats are incomplete, their surfaces have bubbles or scratches, but beauty lies in this forms of what we call imperfection which in reality or in my personal opinion is the real uniqueness and beauty of nature."
"Since 2018 I’ve made more than 100 different shapes and every time I try to make them different."
