Pieces of Me

About

I work intuitively with the clay and there is a meditative quality in my hand building process, even when working from a sketch the piece can sometimes change and evolve. In ‘Pieces Of Me’ I try to use form as a way of exploring, expressing and ultimately healing past experiences.  I am fascinated by the capacity of objects to communicate emotion.

‘Exposed’ is a coalescence of pieces that express the emotional and spiritual journey through childhood and adolescence, The forms represent the complex interactions between ‘Self’ (soul, spirit, essence of me), and Parts (sub-personalities*),

They are anthropomorphic in their response, and the stoic outer appearance is a barrier that protects the more vulnerable interior that houses my hopes and fears, these are felt as physical sensations by the forms as evocations of deep emotions push their way to the surface. Depending on their orientation - they are implicit in their reinforcement of both connection, and rejection, conflict, and support.

Every person’s experience is different and changes from moment to moment, my hope is that the forms emote the senses and enable the viewer to manifest their own meaning.

* Sub-personalities are aspects of our personality that interact internally in sequences and styles that are similar to the ways in which people interact – IFS Institute