lesleynden@yahoo.co.uk
Nature is a major source of inspiration to me and recently I have been examining the vulnerability of living organisms to external forces. I am attempting to demonstrate these susceptibilities in my abstract sculptural forms.
I work with porcelain paperclay and casting slip, applying these onto a nichrome wire form; I then raw glaze and fire the pieces in an electric kiln to cone 7. Oxides and silicon carbide are used in some of the slips, producing texture and colour.
I enjoy the stark contrast in quality between the white bone-like porcelain and the dark unyielding wire. In addition the tension between the wire and the clay combine to produce a partial fragmentation and fragility of the pieces, whilst still maintaining the visual power of the forms.
Qualifications
2003-2006 BA Ceramics with First Class Hons, University of Westminster.
2000-2003 City & Guilds Creative Studies Part Two-Ceramics, Harrow College.
1998-2000 City & Guilds Creative Studies Part One-Ceramics, Harrow College.
Membership
Associate member Craft Potters Association
London Potters
The Barnet Collection
Exhibitions
2007 "Celebrating Achievement", City Hall, London.
"Setting Out 2007", Contemporary Ceramics, London.
2006 "Art of Earth Ceramics", Tower 42, London.
"Art in Clay', Hatfield.
"Earth and Fire", Rufford.
'New Designers", The Design Centre, London.
Degree show, University of Westminster.
"Step Even Closer", London Gallery West.
2005 "Step Closer", London Gallery West.
2003 Barnet Collection exhibition, Bushey Museum.
Group exhibition, Fovea gallery, Harrow.
Awards
2004 City & Guilds Medal of Excellence
City & Guilds UK Award for the Creative Craftsperson of the year 2004
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