11 Cranes Drive
Surbiton, Surrey KT5 8AJ
020 8399 8726
07765 557629
elenablunsumceramics@hotmail.com
www.elenablunsumceramics.co.uk
Tactile qualities are of great importance to me. I am always thrilled to see people reaching out to touch my work, perhaps not being quite sure of what material I have used.
There is a strong theme of contrasting elements running through the work; the formality of the making process vs. the random element introduced by the firings; black vs. white/grey; smooth vs. textured surfaces and the actual vs. anticipated weight of the bowls as, although they appear solid, they are hollow.
The final key feature of my work is that of flexibility in how it is displayed; each set can be arranged in different ways thus providing the final interactive twist in what one may expect to be a static and unchangeable object.
I have chosen slip casting as my method of making as it allows me to create very precise and repeatable pieces that can then be put together in various combinations. The Raku process adorns my work with carbon to produce soft, natural looking results that, I hope, demand to be touched.
My work is a combination of contrasting elements that come together in a cohesive whole to produce results that I hope will please and surprise.
I currently teach an adult education class at the Malden Centre, New Malden, Surrey KT3 4TA, 020 8336 7770.
Exhibitions
Ceramic Showcase, The Craft Centre and Design Gallery, City Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AB, 1st August-end October 2006
Designer Crafts @ Chelsea, Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, London SW3 5EE, 19th-22nd October 2006
Object, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, Devon TQ13 9AF, 19TH November 2006-3rd January 2007
Summer Exhibition, The Philip Malone Gallery, 76 Fore Street, Topsham, Devon, EX3 0HQ, 1st July-31st August 2006
The Contemporary Craft Fair, Bovey Tracey, Devon 9th-11th June 2006
Designer Crafts 2006, Annual Winter Exhibition of The Society of Designer Craftsmen, The Mall Galleries, London January 2006
Artifex Christmas Exhibition, Winter 2005
One Year On (Selected by the Crafts Council), Business Design Centre, London July 2005
End of year exhibitions at South Thames College July 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004
Fired Imagination, Naples, Italy, March 2004
Kingston Contemporary Open, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, July 2003
Fired Imagination, Westcott Gallery, Dorking, Surrey December 2002
Memberships
Society of Designer Craftsmen, Licentiateship Member of Merit. Awarded Distinction Licentiateship January 2006
Craft Potters Association
London Potters
Kent Potters
Media
Design Week, Volume 20/Number 25, 23rd June 2005
www.uktvstyle.co.uk, Deign Inspiration, Bright Young Things July 2005
Ceramic Review, Issue no. 210, Nov/Dec 2004
Education
BTEC Professional Development Diploma, Fine Art Ceramics, July 2004
BTEC Professional Development Certificate, Fine Art Ceramics, July 2003
BTEC Higher National Certificate, Design and Ceramics, July 2002
BTEC National Certificate, Design and Ceramics, July 2001
BA Hons Business Studies, Kingston Polytechnic, 1984
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