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Clare
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For
nine years I lived in the far north of Sweden, returning to the UK
in 2003.
The extraordinary light phenomenon in Sweden, pristine nature and
long Arctic winters has shaped my visual sense. It is the starting
point for my presently emerging work. The 'pared down' quality of
Scandinavian design and rural culture are also important influences,
evident in the use of form, and colour as well as techniques applied
in my Graal pieces. The work is quiet but arresting; about light and
colour, it is very different from the heavily engraved figurative
narrative which defined my earlier pieces. As the eye perceives the
multiple layers of colour one struggles to focus on the patterns
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This new work reflects on my experience of a place which is covered
in a blanket of snow for six months of the year, a place where the
silence is penetrating.
The pieces are free blown, vessel forms which are outside and inside
cased with colour. Using 'Graal' technique, I cut through layers of
colour to reveal the inside colours. Patterns are generated which
become integral with the form as the piece is blown into its final
shape. My work is represented in seven public collections including
the V&A and the Fitzwilliam Museum.
I now live on the Welsh Borders close to the Black Mountains with my
daughter Signe.
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