BA (Hons) Ceramics 2006 |
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CHARLTON NICOLL
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Spheres are something that, like words, are everyday things that people take for granted. We relate to them not only physically, but meta-physically, for example a person may be "well rounded". The planet we live on is a sphere, while Van Gough wrote, "Life is probably round". Physically, the sphere captivates me. They have infinite internal and external surfaces and are in a stable state, all forces across their surfaces are equal. They therefore lend themselves perfectly to variance, whilst continuing to allow for relationships and conversations between each other. The completed structure, although harmonious within itself, often has a strained relationship with the environment around it. In order to contextualize the work, both on an individual level and as component parts of a larger piece, I have framed each with a block colour. This not only allows for contrast to each one but also between complimentary colours, although strong, help the components converse greatly. I am deeply inspired by me the tension of Wouter Dam's work, the exactitude of Martin Smith's pieces and the cool inter-relating surfaces obtained by Evan Hild. |
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This body of work is a personal reflection on both language and spatial relationships. Spheres are used as a metaphor for a word. They are each cut and re-assembled differently in order to represent the versatility in meaning inherent to all words. How one word can have so many seemingly contradictory or coincidental uses. 
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