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1. Photo-Fictions:<\/h2>\n

The work photographed to give the (false) impression of movement<\/h4>\n

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The main ceramic elements in this installation consist of two forms, an organic one and a more geometric one. The glazing is expressionistic with three oxide rich glazes and slips overlapping to create dark and metallic areas in a free flowing, barely controlled way.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”85″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ content_parallax=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”150197″][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”415752″]\"Blurred<\/p>\n

The individual sculptures are either free hanging or fit onto part of the room in which they are installed, one element fixes to a recycled up-ended cupboard unit deployed as both plinth and three dimensional frame.<\/p>\n

Another sits on the floor and fixed onto the skirting board. The one above is suspended from two other units near the ceiling.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”619343″]\"Blurred<\/p>\n

I have recorded and dramatised the work in three ways, \u2018documentary\u2019 photographs, fictionalised (blurred) flash photographs and video. Through these recording methods the work has taken on a new role as a subject. The actual work has now been dismantled but it has left a trail of visual media which re-creates the real event and makes into something new and different. It is as if the work has grown its own crust of mythology.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”85″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ content_parallax=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”826144″][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”177171″]\"Blurred[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”110122″]\"Blurred[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”85″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ content_parallax=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”385928″][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_custom_heading]<\/p>\n

2. Documentary:<\/h2>\n

The work photographed to enable an understanding of its structure<\/h4>\n

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