Nancy Fuller & Maria Sigma Searching for Apricity
(n.) the warmth of the winter sun.
Maria Sigma is an award-winning designer and weaver focused on ethical hand-woven textiles. Her work celebrates slow-making and ‘zero waste’, combining a contemporary approach to traditional weaving techniques and focusing on raw natural materials and texture.
The new wall pieces and table runners are inspired by Maria’s favourite bespoke weaving pattern - Ariadne diamond, which is inspired by traditional Greek crochet laces. For the exhibition the pattern is deconstructed and reinterpreted on a larger scale, showcasing the geometrical weaving structure, texture and natural undyed fibers - such as natural undyed British wool, natural raffia, natural undyed Eri and Tassar wild organic silk, natural undyed orange Eri Pease silk, natural undyed Greek cotton, natural undyed sisal, natural undyed jute.
‘I strongly believe that the importance of weaving must be highlighted; fabrics reside in the everyday and inhabit almost every corner of a household; they create a boundary between us and nature, the culture of the body and the external world. They contribute in creating a sense of something familiar and beloved.’
Exhibition Photos and Portraits by Beth EvansNancy Fuller was born in a rural village in Taiwan and raised in the countryside in Scotland. Her wood-fired pottery seeks to address how she has experienced this unique journey, through both her creative processes and fired results. Through transplanting knowledge and techniques originating from ancient agricultural communities in Asia to a rural croft in Scotland, she has come to make these traditional forms which have provided her with a vocabulary to explore many values in contemporary art as well as parallels in her own life journey.
‘For me, wood-firing is a form of affirmation - you act and the fire responds, acknowledging your existence in the world. The attention required for a firing sharpens your senses and you become increasingly aware of subtle changes in your surroundings, bringing you closer to your natural state of being. Formed from earth and born from fire, my work inherently talks of a specific landscape, a time of year and myself, the maker.
There is a deep intimacy between the vessels and the maker, with each one being created through thousands of small hand movements. Partaking in this process which has been used for centuries imbues the work with a timeless quality. Through instilling them with a sense of softness and quietude, I wish to create these as holding spaces for contemplation and a way of reconnecting to ourselves and in turn the earth. ‘
A-MS1 Table Runner I (Blue) £910.00
A-MS2 Table Runner II (Orange) £1,095.00
A-MS3 Wall Piece I £2,340.00
A-MS4 Wall Piece II.A £2,600.00
A-MS5 Wall Piece II.B £1,690.00
Nancy Fuller
A-NF1 The Scent of Land Tsubo II £3,160.00
A-NF2 Still Point Moon Jar £2,250.00
A-NF3 Return to Earth Vessel with 24 carat Gold Kintsugi £1,200.00
A-NF4 Autumn Flush Vessel £1,200.00
A-NF5 Earth Plate £500.00
A-NF6 First Signs of Winter Bowl I £500.00
A-NF7 Earth Bowl £500.00
A-NF8 First Signs of Winter Bowl II £500.00
A-NF9 Hjortleie: Where the Deer Slept Bowl £500.00
A-NF10 Fluted Bowl with 22 Carat Moon Gold Leaf £480.00
A-NF11 Fluted Bowl with 22 Carat Moon Gold Leaf £480.00
A-NF12 Fluted Bowl £480.00
A-NF13 Fluted Bowl with 24 Carat Gold Kintsugi £480.00
A-NF14 Fluted Bowl £480.00
A-NF15 Fluted Yunomi £360.00
A-NF16 Fluted Yunomi with 12 Carat White Gold Leaf £360.00
A-NF17 Fluted Yunomi with 24 carat Gold Kintsugi £360.00
A-MS1
Table Runner I (Blue)
Natural undyed British wool, natural undyed recycled cotton, naturally dyed Indigo linen W;34cm, L;127cm £910.00
A-MS2
Table Runner II (Orange)
Natural undyed British wool, natural undyed recycled cotton, natural undyed Eri orange Piece silk W;34cm, L;152cm £1,095.00
A-MS3
Wall Piece I Natural undyed British wool, natural undyed paper, natural undyed Eri orange Piece silk W;95cm, L;134cm
A-MS4
Wall Piece II.A
Natural undyed British wool, naturally dyed Indigo linen, natural undyed jute, natural undyed waste sisal W;90cm, L;136cm
£2,600.00
A-MS5
Wall Piece II.B
Natural undyed British wool, natural undyed Eri orange Piece silk, natural undyed jute, natural undyed waste sisal W;89cm, L;68cm
£1,690.00
A-NF1
The Scent of Land Tsubo II
Anagama-fired, own stoneware blend with wild clay and china clay slip decoration W;35.5cm, H;39cm £3,160.00
A-NF2
Still Point Moon Jar
Anagama-fired, own stoneware blend with china clay slip decoration W;31cm, H;31cm £2,250.00
A-NF3
Return to Earth Vessel with 24 carat Gold Kintsugi
Anagama-fired, own stoneware blend with china clay slip decoration W;17.5cm, H; 24cm £1,200.00
A-NF4
Autumn Flush Vessel
Anagama-fired, own stoneware blend with wild clay and china clay slip decoration W; 20cm, H;24cm £1,200.00
A-NF5
Earth Plate
Anagama-fired, own stoneware blend with wild clay slip W;30cm, H;6cm £500.00
A-NF6
First Signs of Winter Bowl I
A-NF7 Earth Bowl
Anagama-fired, own stoneware blend with wild clay and china clay slip decoration
W;25.5cm, H;6cm
£500.00
Anagama-fired, own stoneware blend with wild clay slip decoration W;24cm, H;6.5cm £500.00
A-NF8
First Signs of Winter Bowl II
Anagama-fired, own stoneware blend with wild clay and china clay slip decoration W;25cm, H;8cm
£500.00
A-NF9
Hjortleie: Where the Deer Slept Bowl
Anagama-fired, own stoneware blend with vitrified slip W;23cm, H;7cm
£500.00
A-NF10
Fluted Bowl with 22 Carat Moon Gold Leaf
Anagama-fired, own stoneware blend with vitrified slip W;14cm, H;10.5cm
£480.00
A-NF11
Fluted Bowl with 22 Carat Moon Gold Leaf
Anagama-fired, own stoneware blend with vitrified slip W;13cm, H;10cm £480.00
A-NF12
Fluted Bowl
Anagama-fired, own stoneware blend with vitrified slip W;14cm, H;10.5cm
£480.00
A-NF13
Fluted Bowl with 24 Carat Gold Kintsugi
Anagama-fired, own stoneware blend with vitrified slip W;14cm, H;11cm £480.00
A-NF14
Fluted Bowl
Anagama-fired, own stoneware blend with wild clay slip W;14cm, H;10cm £480.00
A-NF15
Fluted Yunomi
Anagama-fired, own stoneware blend with wild clay slip W;11cm, H;10cm £360.00
A-NF16
Fluted Yunomi with 12 Carat White Gold Leaf Anagama-fired, own stoneware blend with vitrified slip W;11cm, H;9.5cm
£360.00
A-NF17
Fluted Yunomi with 24 carat Gold Kintsugi Soda-fired in Tolne Gjæstgivergaard, Denmark, own stoneware blend with vitrified slip W;11cm, H;9.5cm
£360.00
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