A stoneware vessel created to accompany a body of work exploring my relationship with the sun. Growing up in England it’s so drilled into you that if it’s a nice day you should be outside - happy and enjoying it, and that’s the way it made me feel. Yet, after moving to California, I started to find it a little extravagant or gratuitous, just there seemingly every single day. It was the norm, not the exception, and so when I was trying to find my feet in a new place, it felt relentless. I needed time to stay in sometimes, to process my homesickness and to hide away, and so I found myself hoping for the nostalgia and comfort of a rainy day.
Swollen with promise like a pregnant cloud, this vessel holds my desire for rain. Hand-built with coils and adorned with screen printed transfers, contrasting with the bright yellow sun-ray handles. Exhibited at Home Away From Home.
Longing for rain, 2024
Stoneware vessel, with screenprint transfers
12" tall x 9.5" wide ($420)
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