Surfacing 12 August – 7 September 2025 | County Hall Pottery | London, SE1
Surfacing is a solo exhibition by ceramic artist Heather Gibson, developed during her year-long residency as the inaugural Potter in Residence at County Hall Pottery. The exhibition invites contemplation of the invisible layers within everyday objects and the shifting, sedimentary histories embedded in the earth beneath our feet. The ground serves as both surface and vessel—a place where the past continually re-emerges, not as fixed marks but as dynamic forces in constant transformation.
Featuring a body of hand-built stoneware and porcelain fired using both gas and wood reduction methods, the exhibition presents sculptural forms, vessels, and wall works. These pieces navigate the threshold between functionality and abstraction, revealing the expressive and transformative potential of ceramic materials. Through elemental processes: heat, fire, gravity, and friction, and ongoing experimentation with reduction firing, Surfacing allows viewers to witness the sedimentation of time rendered in material form.
Heather Gibson is a London-based ceramic artist. A recent graduate of the Royal College of Art, Heather was awarded the Marit Rausing Scholarship for Ceramics & Glass (2024). She also holds a degree in Photography from Nottingham Trent University. Heather’s ceramics have been exhibited across the UK, including Thrown Gallery and The Leach Pottery.
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