Flower Power

Rosa and Aster
2024
Glazed Stoneware, reclaimed porcelain encrusted flowers, 24ct gold leaf, epoxy, Jesmonite base.
H46 W31 D23 cm (each approx)

Press mould edition 1:12 (each edition unique random gold seams and flowers)

Making their debut appearance and available to purchase at Mayfair Gallery during London Craft Week
They continue to be displayed at the gallery.

This body of work explores psychological trauma and healing as a physical narrative through the sculpted portrait .
Inspired by the ancient Japanese art of Kintsugi, a philosophy of seeing beauty in imperfection, the work questions the tension between destruction and repair, fragility and resilience and thoughts about what it is to be human. The fractured work seeks to consider a critical engagement with the viewer, confronting fundamental questions of the inner self.
The encrusted flower embellishment is not only a nod to the healing powers of nature but celebrates each of the original makers' skills from the past and the many symbolic ideas that each flower holds.