Contemporary porcelain Striped Symmetry Fold II vessel by Steven Edwards

Knitted and woven textile made from com- bining high quality polypropelyne rope and parachute chord that is sculpted with epoxy to form a strong composite structure. Finished with a ...

Knitted and woven textile made from com- bining high quality polypropelyne rope and parachute chord that is sculpted with epoxy to form a strong composite structure. Finished with a ...

Knitted and woven textile made from com- bining high quality polypropelyne rope and parachute chord that is sculpted with epoxy to form a strong composite structure. Finished with a ...

Knitted and woven textile made from com- bining high quality polypropelyne rope and parachute chord that is sculpted with epoxy to form a strong composite structure. Finished with a ...

The Sakura glass Art collection uses cherry blossoms as its inspiration.“I am bewitched by spring”, Maarten Vrolijk explains. “Where I grew up in small Dutch town. There was a very special cherry tree in our garden that I felt very connected to in a certain way"". ""I regard my Sakura glass as a canvas where I paint with the various glass pieces like a painter with his paint”. As a child there was something magical about how the black dark branches were converted into something magnificent in the form of cherry blossom that was apparent everywhere. I could not understand how people could keep on working or carry on living in the normal way when this miracle was in progress and nature was wakening again. Children see more clearly. As adults we are so busy fighting for our own egos, for money, success, a bigger house and suchlike that we forget what is important. ” The glass vessels are recognised with their outgrowth of colored glass fragments. The volatility in accomplishing the exceptional thickness of his vases creates a risky balance between strength and delicacy. The thermal stress caused when trying to equalize the interior and exterior temperature of the cooling vessels, is fraught with the threat of breakage. The vessels show show a duality between the crystalline clarity posed against their substantial physical impact. To create each piece, a meticulously patterned bed...

Banded Convex Fold V is part of an ongoing series of ceramic sculptures that explore the boundaries of material and the characteristics of form. It has been developed from a preoccupation of applying fixed processes to making and assembled from the rhythmic stacking of incised parian clay spheres...

'Striped Symmetry Fold V' is a unique sculpture by the British artist Steven Edwards, created from parian and porcelain. Steven Edwards is a ceramic artist whose work investigates t...

'Striped Symmetry Fold III' is a unique sculpture by the British artist Steven Edwards, created from parian and porcelain. Steven Edwards is a ceramic artist whose work investigates...

'Striped Symmetry Fold IV' is a unique sculpture by the British artist Steven Edwards, created from parian and porcelain. Steven Edwards is a ceramic artist whose work investigates ...

'Striped Symmetry Fold I' is a unique sculpture by the British artist Steven Edwards, created from parian porcelain. Steven Edwards is a ceramic artist whose work investigates the l...

'Striped Symmetry Fold VI' is a unique sculpture by the British artist Steven Edwards, created from parian and porcelain. Steven Edwards is a ceramic artist whose work investigates ...

Striped Fold III is a unique sculpture by the British artist Steven Edwards, created from white and coloured parian porcelain. Steven Edwards is a ceramic artist whose work investigates the language of making through the materiality and physicality of clay. Fascinated by process-led making, he uses traditional techniques that provoke unanticipated outcomes, using clay as a medium that sustains the narrative of the making process. The resulting forms embody his interaction and manipulation of the clay using bespoke tools to explore the intrinsic properties of the material. His creative practice starts by purposely placing clay under stress to reveal the natural tension and movement in its surface and form. Throughout the whole making process, he pushes, pulls, compresses and slices the material to provoke a reaction. The final forms are a combination of these making scenarios, translating a theme of duality in their appearance – the contrast of visual distortion and precision, the stillness and movement in form and the surface deception between synthetic and natural. Whilst challenging and pushing his material to the limits, often using clay bodies in ways they are not designed for, Edwards purposely exploits unexpected outcomes. Creating a sense of unease, during the making his clay cracks and buckles, resulting in permanent scars that illustrate the extremes that have been asked of it. Purely aesthetic, these fissures within the surface are an important counter point to the idealised sugary-hued confectionery layered rings. Edwards has exhibited his work at premiere contemporary design and craft shows including British Ceramics...