Lorraine Guddemi - Raspirical Things

LORRAINE GUDDEMI Raspirical Things 20 February to 17 March 2016

LORRAINE GUDDEMI Raspirical Things 20 February to 17 March 2016

Birds, butterflies and moths are deeply embedded within the divine and superstitious realms of human mythology and are often used to symbolise freedom and transformation.

Using the language of the magical and talismanic, ‘Raspirical Things’ are a collection of sculptural forms that explore the ephemeral nature of female desirability. As beauty must inevitably succumb to age, society’s perception of female worth becomes an ever diminishing currency that often renders women invisible. Harnessing the fragility and bone like quality of porcelain these forms express this poignant loss of youth and beauty whilst celebrating the ensuing liberation from the conformity of male desire.

Raspirical is an imaginary term that conveys the ambiguous nature of the collection, a rasping, lyrical expression of pattern, form and female experience.

-Lorraine Guddemi, 2015

Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.1’ 2014 unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - 9 available, 10 x 15 x .8cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.2’ 2014 unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - 6 available, 10 x 7.5 x 1.4cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.3’ 2014 unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - 8 available, 8 x 9.5 x 1cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.4’ 2014 unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - 6 available, 8.5 x 10 x 1cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.5’ 2014 unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - 8 available, 6.5 x 10.5 x 1.5cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.7’ 2014 unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - 8 available, 5.5 x 13 x 1.5cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.8’ 2014 unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - 10 available, 6 x 9 x 1cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.9’ 2014 unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - 3 available, 6.5 x 9.5 x 1.2cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.6’ 2014, unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - 4 available, 8.5 x 6.5 x 1cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.10’ 2014 unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - 12 available, 5 x 8.5 x 1cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.11’ 2014, unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - unique, 41 x 52.5 x 6.5cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.12’ 2014, unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - unique, 33 x 42 x 5cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.13’ 2014 unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - unique, 38 x 17 x 7cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.14’ 2015, unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - unique, 18 x 30 x 4cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.15’ 2014 unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - unique, 20 x 18.5 x 3cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.16’ 2015, unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - unique, 46 x 45 x 4cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.17’ 2015, unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - unique, 45 x 39 x 6cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.18’ 2015, unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - unique, 34 x 46 x 6.5cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.19’ 2015, unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - unique, 45 x 37 x 5.5cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.20’ 2015, unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - unique, 37.5 x 46 x 6.5cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.21’ 2014 unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - unique, 53 x 27 x 9cm.

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Lorraine Guddemi, ‘Raspirical Things - Piece No.22’ 2014 unglazed Southern Ice Porcelain - unique, 48 x 26.5 x 5.5cm.

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