STATES OF CLAY EXHITION
A collective exhitibion curated by Esther Neslen for the E17 Art Trail 2024 at The Gnome House Walthamstow. Ten local artists were invited to participate in the show that was looking to inform' how clay can be used in diferent stages of the creative process'
Working with clay adds a whole new dimension to my creative process. I usually start with an idea, sketching it out in pencil or using watercolors to get a clearer picture of what I want to create. Then, I move on to working directly with the clay. Sometimes the final piece doesn’t match my original design, but I embrace the surprises that come with the clay. Clay is like life—it can surprise you, break, bend, or shrink, and as an artist, you have to adapt. I've learned to accept these unexpected changes and not get frustrated when things don't go as planned. Working with clay has taught me patience, endurance, and resilience, and it never fails to amaze me when a piece comes out of the kiln.
The following collections were choosen:
Yasuni
Heats on the Mist
Spirits
Orishas
Fosiles (Collagraphs)
Working with clay adds a whole new dimension to my creative process. I usually start with an idea, sketching it out in pencil or using watercolors to get a clearer picture of what I want to create. Then, I move on to working directly with the clay. Sometimes the final piece doesn’t match my original design, but I embrace the surprises that come with the clay. Clay is like life—it can surprise you, break, bend, or shrink, and as an artist, you have to adapt. I've learned to accept these unexpected changes and not get frustrated when things don't go as planned. Working with clay has taught me patience, endurance, and resilience, and it never fails to amaze me when a piece comes out of the kiln.
The following collections were choosen:
Yasuni
Heats on the Mist
Spirits
Orishas
Fosiles (Collagraphs)
CAYETANA'S CIRCUS - Creative Process
Cayetana' Circus is a group of sculptures that will be shown at Blackhorse Workshop Cafe during the E17 Art Trail.
Cayetana is grooming a circus were all the animals can shine and share their abilities to make people happy and have more fun.
Blackhorse Workshop Cafe
1-2 Sutherland Rd Path,
London E17 6BX
1-16 June 2024
Cayetana is grooming a circus were all the animals can shine and share their abilities to make people happy and have more fun.
Blackhorse Workshop Cafe
1-2 Sutherland Rd Path,
London E17 6BX
1-16 June 2024
STATES OF CLAY
Exploring creativity trough ceramics
The artist Esther Neslen has curated this year's E17 Art Trail exhibition, which centers on the diverse ways artists incorporate clay into their creative endeavors. Ten artist will be taking part on this collective exhibition showing their unique approache to clay, often drawing from various disciplines. I will be presenting Orishas and Heads on the Mist (ceramic with mix media), Yasuni, Spirits and Fossiles (collagraphs).
As an artist, my journey began in the world of printmaking. Clay has become my ally in expanding my creative horizons into the realm of three dimensions. I start with a concept, sketching it out or using watercolors to refine the vision. Then, I dive into working directly with clay. Sometimes, the final result differs from my initial plan, but I embrace the surprises that clay brings to the process. Clay mirrors life—it can surprise, fracture, bend, or shrink. As an artist, I've learned to adapt and accept these deviations from my expectations.
Gnome House,
7 Blackhorse Lane,
London E17 6DS
1 - 16 June 2024,
Thursday to Sunday - 11 - 5pm
Private View 6 June, 6-9 pm
As an artist, my journey began in the world of printmaking. Clay has become my ally in expanding my creative horizons into the realm of three dimensions. I start with a concept, sketching it out or using watercolors to refine the vision. Then, I dive into working directly with clay. Sometimes, the final result differs from my initial plan, but I embrace the surprises that clay brings to the process. Clay mirrors life—it can surprise, fracture, bend, or shrink. As an artist, I've learned to adapt and accept these deviations from my expectations.
Gnome House,
7 Blackhorse Lane,
London E17 6DS
1 - 16 June 2024,
Thursday to Sunday - 11 - 5pm
Private View 6 June, 6-9 pm
FORMED with FURNITURE AND HERITAGE
Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour
Exited to be part of The Blackhorse Workshop Makers Collective. This diverse collective include woodworkers, metalworkers, sculptures and lighting designers. The collective's diverse backgrounds and techniques provide the viewers an enriching experience, demonstrating the endless possibilities when different practice converge.
For this show I have choose a collection that delves in the profound potential for transformation and resilience within the human spirit. My mixed media sculptures: Orishas, Armless, and The Prioste, embody my fascination with nature and its unwavering adaptability. Each piece encapsulates the dynamic interplay between human evolution and the enduring forces of the natural world.
I started experimenting with timber and metal few years ago, when I join Blackhorse Workshop team. I found the combination of these materials extremely interesting, because they play the yin and yan ideal to a perfection. Clay and timber are warm materials while metal is a cold one and, all of them are earthy and grounding. There is part of my work is always looking for the sky, the softness that we hold inside, the smile and poetry but also for the honesty, the challenge, the longlines, the sadness and the end of life as a way to scape, renew and to start again.
Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour
9 - 13 October 2023
London SW10 0XE
9:30am - 5:30pm
For this show I have choose a collection that delves in the profound potential for transformation and resilience within the human spirit. My mixed media sculptures: Orishas, Armless, and The Prioste, embody my fascination with nature and its unwavering adaptability. Each piece encapsulates the dynamic interplay between human evolution and the enduring forces of the natural world.
I started experimenting with timber and metal few years ago, when I join Blackhorse Workshop team. I found the combination of these materials extremely interesting, because they play the yin and yan ideal to a perfection. Clay and timber are warm materials while metal is a cold one and, all of them are earthy and grounding. There is part of my work is always looking for the sky, the softness that we hold inside, the smile and poetry but also for the honesty, the challenge, the longlines, the sadness and the end of life as a way to scape, renew and to start again.
Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour
9 - 13 October 2023
London SW10 0XE
9:30am - 5:30pm
4 Women in Aquelarre 2023
For their third exhibition 4 Women in Aquelarre are once again reflecting on the fragility of existence through the lens of their feminine wisdom and experience.
At Winns Gallery Lloyd Park E17 5JW
Open until the 24th of September.
At Winns Gallery Lloyd Park E17 5JW
Open until the 24th of September.
Longing for a Different Reality Exhibition
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Longing for a Different Reality is an exhibition at the 111 Art Gallery in Highbury and Islington in collaboration with Andrew Lim, a self taught furniture maker from Blackhorse Workshop.
From the 4th to 10th of September 'My recent sculptures, a series of layered and folded clay-like beings are a testimony of my practice and artistic journey. They are wrapped within themselves, creating structures that provide support, much like us—built with layers of tissue and water, layers of success, failures, happiness, and pain, which support and give structure to our consciousness and entire being. To make sense of the world we are in and how we can relate with it we should look inside ourself, a journey that most of us dislike, but one that we must do in order to know how to relate and belong’. |
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Women artists reunite after four years for free exhibition
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Armless and SpeechlessMy sculptures are contained forms and have over the time growing bigger feet to keep them grounded. The armless and mouthless sculptures represent a winning award of resilience. The sculptures have a duality. They reflect both the darkness and light of life, the spirit which links us all with nature helping us to survive.
I created these sculptures from 2019 to 2022, years of uncertainty, fear and isolation. One morning in April 2020 I started drawing in my studio a series of armless and mouthless sculptures, a representation of what the world was experiencing or how I did perceived the world those days. They are part of the '4 Women in Aquelarre' Exhibition, our second edition and I will be sharing the space with the artists: Anna Alcock, Linda Green and Kirsten Schmidt. Location: Winns Gallery, Lloyd Park E17 5JW From: 14th - 21st of August 2022 Opening times: Weekdays 12 - 5 pm Weekends 10 am - 5 pm |
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Ceramic watercolour dishI love travelling, it makes me feel relaxed and grounded, in tune with my surroundings. I become appreciative and open and is on these conditions when the ideas flow.
This year I have designed a watercolour dish to share with you. My watercolour ceramic dish is small and resistant enough to travel with you on holiday. To keep it safe the dish comes with a wonderful quilted pouch out of warm and soothing Batik fabrics from our lovely Walthamstow High St. shops. I was working on Black Ants over a red background from The Amazonia. It was the perfect opportunity to try the watercolour dish even with a wide flat brush and it works very well!
If you are an artist and appreciate well made beautiful and practical objects this will be something you will take for sure on your holidays. |
Feature at The Craft Council Diversity Report!
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The Craft Council had featured one of my masks to illustrate their Making Changes in Craft Report! Yes, I am proud that my work is used by an organization that supports Craft Makers in UK.
This report is an important study from Dr Karen Patel of Birmingham City University’s Craft Expertise project, in partnership with the Crafts Council, which aims to support greater diversity in craft. All images were sourced from the Crafts Council Directory. We tried to source a range of makers and different disciplines to highlight the breadth of craft to accompany the report, and your work was one we found visually striking. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REPORT |
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