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| Tania Rollond |
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'Southern Ice Porcelain'
I have always enjoyed pots which explore and highlight the qualities of the clay itself and which allows the process of making to show through in the final product, so I aim for these qualities in my own work.
I feel that my work in fine 'Southern Ice Porcelain' celebrates the sensuous experience of throwing this clay on the wheel. I aim for a sense of freshness and immediacy, so these pots are not turned or altered after throwing - just lifted off the wheel as thrown, pressed or marked to leave a trace of their plastic softness and allowed to distort for a sense of fluidity. They are thrown quite thinly to highlight the translucency of the porcelain when fired to 1300°C, and glazed with a simple, clear glaze to leave the focus on the clay. High firing makes the work strong, so these pieces are definitely suitable for everyday use, despite their delicate appearance.
The transformation of raw materials into finished pots is a kind of mystery which amazes me every time I open the kiln door; I hope I am able to capture a little of the joy I experience in this process in the objects I create.
'Moving on - March 2005'
I have always enjoyed looking – I mean really examining in minute detail the small bits and pieces that I come across. Natural things like leaves, rocks, insects and plants, or man made objects that have been discarded and worn by the natural elements and time. I look for a pattern and structure, random markings of erosion and decay, small details and fleeting impressions. They are like poetry to me… beautiful.
I like to make drawings (on both paper and clay) to explore what I have seen, to dwell on and intensify, or to elaborate in a more permanent form those precious parts of my experience that otherwise just slip away. At first it exists only in my mind; when I have made a drawing my experience somehow exists in the world.
I also draw and make pots to find out what I like. I make the work not knowing how it will turn out, but there is an awareness of ‘rightness’ in my mind that I am trying to satisfy. I search for lines and shapes that are acceptable to my mind, and for arrangements of them that are acceptable.
I try to discover my direction.
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