Cascade 2022

£1,800.00

Materials: Porcelain

Dimensions: 31cm x 31cm x 25cm

 

My working method is intrinsically connected to the act of making and the endless experimentation with the changing state of Parian porcelain. This is accentuated by contrasting differing states and their reaction and interactions with one another throughout the layering process of construction and firing. Cascade explores this relationship between process, material and time. Careful multiple firings of the sculpture result in a solid marble-like base and delicate fabric-like folds. Analogies are created between the reaction of the flowing fragility of the collapsed porcelain to the more solid base, contrasting physical and metaphysical change in the state of being. References are also made to strength/fallibility, balance/tipping points and a state held in time.

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Artist Bio

Anne Butler:

Anne Butler is a ceramic artist based in Northern Ireland. Following the completion of her BA in ceramics from University of Ulster in 1985, She lived and worked in Asia for many years before returning to complete her MA in ceramics in Cardiff. She established her studio in Carryduff, Northern Ireland in 2016, and since then Anne has worked primarily in Parian porcelain. Its qualities have allowed her to explore key concepts such as process and structure in her sculptural work as well as experiment with the layers and depth of the integrated patterns on her vessels. 

She has exhibited widely in Ireland, the UK and abroad, and her work is held in private and public collections.

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