ELAINE’S PROCESS . Her sculptures are built hollow, by hand. This allows her to work dynamically yet really control and refine forms that are quite asymmetrical. The slabs are textured and colours added before construction begins. Elements are often completed on site, especially the texturing. Some sculptures come with a plinth made specifically for them from reclaimed victorian chimney pots and timber, or from impressed, textured clay, coloured by hand. Elaine uses bark, seedheads, shells and foraged materials as her tools. Please contact Elaine to purchase pieces, organise delivery or to discuss commissions
POISE £950 (delivery extra / to the uk only) 68cms high. Red Stoneware and wild clay, Hand built , hollow. Surfaces imprinted on location and with foraged leaves, seeds, fossils and parts of structures, decorated with engobes, oxides, glazes and wild clays. Poise is fired to 1260degrees and can go outside though they do not like extreme freezing conditions
,Venice at night, dabbled light reflects from water and through textured glass.
Textured walls with hints of colour record the passing of time.
A collection of voices echo through gateways.
Time passes slowly making space to breathe, and to think
Orlando £1000 without the poetry plinth (delivery extra/to the uk only)
66cms high. White stoneware. Hand built, hollow. Seeds, earth, and leaves were blended into clay before finer impressions added with flowers and leaves. Layers of underglazes, oxides, engobes, wild clay and glazes add depth and colour . As she emerges and takes form, I layer more colours and textures. The Plinth is a glazed Victorian chimney pot with a top created from a reclaimed Ekki; Red Ironwood. if you would prefer this piece with the plinth please contact me to discuss price
There is a conversation between us: a dance, she leads and I follow
Venetia, wearing my best, I stand in dappled light; the play on water reflects on my skin. Fragments of colour and glimpses of texture combine, chilled breeze, Sensation, anticipation, memories; my Mythos
Serenity £950 without poetry plinth (delivery extra/to the UK only) 65cms high. white stoneware. Hand built, hollow. Seeds, earth and sand were blended into the clay before impressions from wild flowers and seed heads gather on the cliff top were added.Layers of engobe, underglazes and oxides are balanced with layers of high gloss rich blues. Eyes closed she stands anticipating, at peace. inspired by memories of jumping into water and the wild coastlines around England. The Plinth is a glazed Victorian chimney pot with a top created from reclaimed Ekki; Red Ironwood. if you would prefer this piece with the plinth please contact me to discuss price.
Serenity,
Solitude,
the scent of the sea on the breeze, salt from the waves on my lips.
Peaceful and still, I can breathe, and contemplate.
We wait, calm, anticipating the moment
NOW SOLD thank you. Autumnal Silence £350 with additional ceramic plinth. (Delivery incl to the UK only)
48 cms total height Collected treefall and seeds are combined in the white stoneware clay body. The sculpture is shaped hollow to create the form after being textured with impressions on site at Bayfield Hall. Colours are layered using underglaze, oxides, monoprinted coloured slip, engobes and fragments of wood. This series of sculptures explore the stories and memories we share at this time of year
Autumnal Silence Leaves rustle beneath our feet, the wind whispers, newly exposed branches rub gently against the walls Taking time to listen, to feel the cool air, I wait and breathe in peace 'Winter calls'.
The turning of the season welcomes a time of reflection, time to remember those who have been important to us, time to wander outside, gathering, noticing and responding.
SOLD THANK YOU Cernunnous £380 (Delivery incl to the UK only)
A hand-built sculpture created using slab building techniques in white stoneware. Inspired by time spent in quiet contemplation in local woodland., and by ancient stories of woodlan gods and spirits who guard the spaces and protect the changing of the seasons. His branches reach up from his head, bereft of leaves, awaiting the new growth of the spring
The embodiment of nature, animals, and fertility, of death and re-birth, Cernunnos is present in all the land; strong, unyielding, fair and balanced. He is the whisper through the trees, the decisions and directions we take. Trust, travel, patience, the new beginnings of the season. Eyes closed he misses nothing
The Rambler. £750 (delivery extra/ within the UK only) 64cms tall. A hollow sculpture. The Rambler has leaves and earth wedged into the original clay combining the insirational location with the sculpture. A wide base makes the piece strong, branchlike formations reach out from the head towards nature. Impressions from nature are layered with Glazes, engobes and underglaze layers to create a surface suggesting humanity and nature working to together
The Rambler. Currently on exhibition and for sale at Anglian Potters Spring Exhibition. The Undercroft Gallery, Norwich
Inspired by my cousin and by all the others fighting for climate change The Rambler leans forward, in to the space ahead, ready for action, ready to effect change. Merging with the surroundings. the face is calm but determined; peaceful and strong. They can be outisde in all weathers or displayed inside as you wish
Ceramic Figurative Sculptures: NATURE Voices: shared narrative’, My process involves combining environments with construction and expression: I sketch, I forage, collecting images, recording feelings, emotions, experiences and stories. Memories are transient and ephemeral; my work is an attempt to capture that memory of what I see and experience, representing it in a more permanent form. My sculptures represent the narrative between the Feminine Aspect, Environments and Pagan Mythos. Once I start manipulating the clay body, the result is a collaboration between my hands and the clay itself; it picks up my gestures and moods, responding and revealing itself. Each of these smaller sculptures has established its own personality and is a unique piece. They can be displayed outside OR indoors.. They love conversations. MORE SCULPTURES COMING SOON
Mor-Rioghain CURRENTLY NOT FOR SALE 59 cms tall. Connections, spirituality, and transformation in life and the earth itself.
A great queen I hold the power and magic of life itself in the balance, taking a stance at the pathways and decision places, offering words of welcome and consequence.
To celebrate her status, the Mor-Rioghain stands a-top a temple form, a home for memories . With a FIXED plinth created with salvaged period timbers.
Gaia takes count £285 plus UK only postage 41cms tall with ceramic plinth, Black stoneware, glazed
Tranquillity and peace, as the year ends all is quiet. The earth lies waiting for new life.
Persephone combines what lies dormant and new life, the marks left behind from water, seeds, fallen leaves, and derelict buildings hidden behind growth.
Modra : Bringer of the seasons £300 PLUS UK ONLY delivery white stoneware
The roar of the coming tempest, the creation of the storms and winter. She strides carrying the mountains and hills in her basket, catching the frost and the sun weaving the weather, the wildness of nature
A hand-built sculpture created using slab building techniques in white stoneware, seeds, earth, bark and leaves are blended into a clay
NOW SOLD: THANK YOU
NOW SOLD - Autumnal Challenge. the wind whispers through newly exposed branches. Frost decorates bark, spiderwebs and ground. In the distance the goddesses watch my progress and take measure
NOW SOLD White stoneware. They stand on a plinth of reclaimed vintage timber. 48cms tall
NOW SOLD. THANK YOU Living in the wilds and and the folds in the earth she carries the marks of stone and leaf, colours blend into her skin
NOW SOLD. THANK YOU Persephone Queen of the Underworld £295 including UK postage 39cms tall with additional reclaimed timber plinth. white stoneware, glazed
NOW SOLD. THANK YOU Impressions of seeds, flowers and leaves clothe her, natural oxides and glazes are her decoration
NOW SOLD. THANK YOU At one with nature she pauses, and listens, comtemplating