Caroline Chouler-Tissier

Renewal - The Ground Beneath Your Feet series

Extruded porcelain, volcanic and stoneware clay 25 x 12cm

My sculptural practice engages traditional clay techniques with innovative approaches that exploit the dynamic, distorting properties in the making, drying, and firing of carefully selected clays with contrasting properties.

The piece, Renewal, is extruded through a raw and abrasive hand-cut extrusion plate. The passage of time is an important recorded element in a piece that draws deeply on the restrictive experience of inner tension and outwardly expressed personal experiences of processing trauma and growing understanding of grief.

The surface treatment of this work embraces areas of semi-reflective, metallic glazes as a metaphor for resilience and self-reflection.

£1,700