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Jane Rees-Parfitt Tel 01633 876212 • Mob 07837
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I work with 2 sizes of vessels, the larger pieces stand in pairs with the negative and positive decoration both pushing and echoing each other to create a sense of movement and rhythm. Other pairs are placed in a lying down position which visually alters their appearance and accentuates strong lines and curves. The smaller pieces are exactly 50% smaller, some of these are displayed in pairs and are also grouped together. The surface decoration has become just as important as the actual form. I have chosen to work with the ‘raku’ firing technique which is both unpredictable and exciting. I have developed my own white crackle glaze which I apply using various methods of resist. Next to the unglazed, blackened, reduced areas on my vessels, the white crackle glaze produces an interesting contrast. This process has been an enormous challenge resulting in losing many pieces along the way but many valuable lessons have been learnt. It is important that I hand-build each piece, making them become more personal. When an object is touched, a residue is transferred or deposited, I believe this has a latent quality. Although each piece may at first appear similar in shape and form, on closer inspection it becomes more apparent that they are all individual, reminiscent of people. Communication between the groups is emphasised by space and decoration, while designs on my work are abstractions of close up images of my own fingerprints, which visually personalise my work, giving it both physical and metaphysical meaning. The corrugated ridges of skin like all natural things are unique. These are stretched out over my pieces, linking them together, creating notions of unity, the inimitable fusion of identity: man born of clay; we are all shaped by the hand that rears us |
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My work has evolved through various changes, starting with the
figurative, as a personal representation of myself and my family,
then taking a more sculptural approach, finally arriving at the
destination of abstract vessels with a strong yet simple sense
of form while still retaining anthropomorphic characteristics.
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