Created for a solo exhibition, In the Weeds.
This body of work speaks to a deep engagement with the present moment. A documentation of Claudia’s immersion in nature, growth, and time spent meditatively hiking. Her curiosity and observations are translated into tactile dreamscapes, coming together playfully with radiant colors. She embraces the joy of being deeply absorbed by place and process, and encourages viewers to step into the weeds alongside her.
Aspens, blue (2023)
Wall hanging: mono screen-print with hand quilted border, 30 x 27”
Ceramic charms created to accompany a body of work exploring my relationship with the sun. A process driven play with clay and print techniques, developed using collected sun symbology, each of these has their own personality. A log of each process used can be found here. Exhibited at Home Away From Home.
Sun Charms, 2024
Ceramics, with magnet
2.5” diameter ($18 each)
Available to purchase in my shop.
I was introduced to Pulp Painting during an artist residency at Women’s Studio Workshop. During this process you create a base (or new sheet of paper), and whilst it’s wet you can work directly on top of it, using pigmented cotton pulp fibres to form your artwork, so that the imagery is actually embedded within the paper. More process images can be found here.
This work was featured In the Weeds.
Meadow (2023)
Pulp painting, 32.5” x 24.5”
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)
Please enquire if you’d like to purchase or make a custom order.
I was introduced to Pulp Painting during an artist residency at Women’s Studio Workshop. During this process you create a base (or new sheet of paper), and whilst it’s wet you can work directly on top of it, using pigmented cotton pulp fibres to form your artwork, so that the imagery is actually embedded within the paper.
More process images can be found here.
This work was featured In the Weeds.
Iceland (2023)
Pulp painting, 32.5” x 24.5”
A stoneware vessel created to accompany a body of work exploring my relationship with the sun. In this piece I share my gratitude of our hard working sun, who’s giving off her warmth even when she’s not visible to us, a never-ending worker. Slab built, using a hump mold with handmade appendages to create relief features in this dual sided vessel. One side features a fierce face, burnt out from her work, and the other offers the idea of her resting. Exhibited at Home Away From Home.
The Sun, she never sleeps, 2024
Stoneware vessel
10.5 x 10.5" ($420)
Please enquire if you’d like to purchase or make a custom order.
Created for a solo exhibition, In the Weeds.
This body of work speaks to a deep engagement with the present moment. A documentation of Claudia’s immersion in nature, growth, and time spent meditatively hiking. Her curiosity and observations are translated into tactile dreamscapes, coming together playfully with radiant colors. She embraces the joy of being deeply absorbed by place and process, and encourages viewers to step into the weeds alongside her.
Clouds (2023)
Wall hanging: mono screen-print with hand quilted border, 32 x 57”
A stoneware lamp created to accompany a body of work exploring my relationship with the sun. This piece considers the inherent want to be warmed by the sun. Many ancient civilisations practiced a dedicated worship to the sun and, in some form or another, there’s ways in which we continue this today. Exhibited at Home Away From Home.
Bathing in Sun, 2024
Stoneware, with lamp components
7.5” wide x 6.5” tall ($420)
Please enquire if you’d like to purchase or make a custom order.
Screen prints developed from a mono screen print made in 2021, printed by hand at Women’s Studio Workshop. These beautiful towering giants are a fond reminder of my time living in California. They're beacons for strength, hope, and the power to adapt.
Dawn / Dusk Euphorbias
Screen Print (8 layers), Edition of 9, 14.5 x 22” (370 x 560mm) with deckle edge, signed and editioned.
Prints available in my Shop
This screen print was created to accompany a body of work exploring my relationship with the sun. As a starting point I began collecting sun symbology that I saw in my neighbourhood, in books, and other media - once you start looking for suns you realise they’re EVERYWHERE. I began a daily ritual of drawing them one by one, and eventually translating a select few into this compendium. Exhibited at Home Away From Home.
A Sun Compendium
Screen print, 1 layer, Edition of 20
22 x 15" (559 x 381mm)
Prints available from my Shop
Ceramics created for a solo exhibition, In the Weeds. These hand-built pieces showcase the unglazed clay body, and speak of being deeply engaged by place and process.
Holy Vessel 1, 2023, Stoneware with glazed interior (SOLD)
Holy Vessel 2, 2023, Stoneware with glazed interior ($220)
Please enquire if you’d like to purchase or make a custom order.
This screen print was specially created for a solo exhibition, In the Weeds at Bell Projects, Denver. It pays homage to the beautiful trees found abundantly in Colorado; their leaves quiver beautifully in the wind, and in the Winter, when they’re more or less naked, the silver white bark is distinguished.
Aspens
Screen Print (6 layers), Edition of 25
14 x 11” (355 x 280mm)
Prints available from my Shop
This screen print was specially created for a solo exhibition, In the Weeds at Bell Projects, Denver. Alpine Lake is drawn from a photo I took in the James Peak Wilderness, where I got knocked over by a rolling rock dislodged by a dog. You can read about that encounter in this newsletter edition.
Alpine Lake
Screen Print (4 layers), Edition of 25
14 x 11” (355 x 280mm)
Prints available from my Shop
I was introduced to Pulp Painting during an artist residency at Women’s Studio Workshop. During this process you create a base (or new sheet of paper), and whilst it’s wet you can work directly on top of it, using pigmented cotton pulp fibres to form your artwork, so that the imagery is actually embedded within the paper. More process images can be found here.
This work was featured In the Weeds.
Garden of the Gods (2023)
Pulp painting, 20” x 16”
I was introduced to Pulp Painting during an artist residency at Women’s Studio Workshop. During this process you create a base (or new sheet of paper), and whilst it’s wet you can work directly on top of it, using pigmented cotton pulp fibres to form your artwork, so that the imagery is actually embedded within the paper. More process images can be found here.
This work was featured In the Weeds.
Orchid Party (2023)
Pulp painting, 32.5” x 24.5”
I was introduced to Pulp Painting during an artist residency at Women’s Studio Workshop. During this process you create a base (or new sheet of paper), and whilst it’s wet you can work directly on top of it, using pigmented cotton pulp fibres to form your artwork, so that the imagery is actually embedded within the paper. More process images can be found here.
This work was featured In the Weeds.
Turning Fields (2023)
Pulp painting, 20” x 16”
Ceramics created for a solo exhibition, In the Weeds. These hand-built pieces showcase textures emulating the natural landscape and lichen.
Lichen Vessel 1
Lichen Vessel 2
2023, Stoneware with glazed interior
I was introduced to Pulp Painting during an artist residency at Women’s Studio Workshop. During this process you create a base (or new sheet of paper), and whilst it’s wet you can work directly on top of it, using pigmented cotton pulp fibres to form your artwork, so that the imagery is actually embedded within the paper. More process images can be found here.
This work was featured In the Weeds.
Sea of Yarrow
Little Orchids
Eggs
Coneflowers
Little Eggs
Dancing Grass
Pink Poppies
2023, Pulp Paintings, 11” x 8.5”
Created for a solo exhibition, In the Weeds.
This body of work speaks to a deep engagement with the present moment. A documentation of Claudia’s immersion in nature, growth, and time spent meditatively hiking. Her curiosity and observations are translated into tactile dreamscapes, coming together playfully with radiant colors. She embraces the joy of being deeply absorbed by place and process, and encourages viewers to step into the weeds alongside her.
Eldorado Canyon (2023)
Wall hanging: mono screen-print with hand quilted border, 29 x 24”
I was introduced to Pulp Painting during an artist residency at Women’s Studio Workshop. During this process you create a base (or new sheet of paper), and whilst it’s wet you can work directly on top of it, using pigmented cotton pulp fibres to form your artwork, so that the imagery is actually embedded within the paper.
More process images can be found here.
This work was featured In the Weeds.
Autumnal Sky (2023)
Pulp painting, 20” x 16”
Created for a solo exhibition, In the Weeds.
This body of work speaks to a deep engagement with the present moment. A documentation of Claudia’s immersion in nature, growth, and time spent meditatively hiking. Her curiosity and observations are translated into tactile dreamscapes, coming together playfully with radiant colors. She embraces the joy of being deeply absorbed by place and process, and encourages viewers to step into the weeds alongside her. Further process images can be found here.
Summit Lakes (2023)
Wall hanging: mono screen-print with quilted border, 52 x 44”
I was introduced to Pulp Painting during an artist residency at Women’s Studio Workshop. During this process you create a base (or new sheet of paper), and whilst it’s wet you can work directly on top of it, using pigmented cotton pulp fibres to form your artwork, so that the imagery is actually embedded within the paper. More process images can be found here.
This work was featured In the Weeds.
Clouds One
Clouds Two
Pulp Paintings, 15.5” x 20”
Ceramics created for a solo exhibition, In the Weeds. This hand-built piece showcases textures emulating the natural landscape and reflects the sky.
Vessel with shelf, 2023
Glazed stoneware, spray paint, watertight
Please enquire if you’d like to purchase or make a custom order.
I was introduced to Pulp Painting during an artist residency at Women’s Studio Workshop. During this process you create a base (or new sheet of paper), and whilst it’s wet you can work directly on top of it, using pigmented cotton pulp fibres to form your artwork, so that the imagery is actually embedded within the paper. More process images can be found here.
This work was featured In the Weeds.
Aspen Grove (2023)
Pulp painting, 20” x 16”
I was introduced to Pulp Painting during an artist residency at Women’s Studio Workshop. During this process you create a base (or new sheet of paper), and whilst it’s wet you can work directly on top of it, using pigmented cotton pulp fibres to form your artwork, so that the imagery is actually embedded within the paper. More process images can be found here.
This work was featured In the Weeds.
Cactus Party (2023)
Pulp painting, 32.5” x 24.5”
I was introduced to Pulp Painting during an artist residency at Women’s Studio Workshop. During this process you create a base (or new sheet of paper), and whilst it’s wet you can work directly on top of it, using pigmented cotton pulp fibres to form your artwork, so that the imagery is actually embedded within the paper. More process images can be found here.
This work was featured In the Weeds.
The Overlook (2023)
Pulp painting, 20” x 16”
Screen print inspired by Lone Pine, in the Eastern Sierras. Developed from an original mono print, which can be seen here.
Lone Pine
Screen Print (8 layers), Edition of 18
With deckle edge, signed and editioned on the reverse
8 1/4 x 11 3/4”
Prints available from my Shop
Mono screen prints created for the exhibition Close to Home at The Wildling Museum, featuring alongside works by Karen Schroeder, and Sara Woodburn, on view October 9, 2021 - February 28, 2022. View the mini works from the show here.
”The works of Borfiga, Schroeder, and Woodburn center on a recurring theme of nature as a place of solace and beauty where growth and change can seem intimate or expansive. Layers of color, pattern, and printmaking are the dialogue these artists use to share stories of Earth. They value natural areas and seek to bring inspiration to the viewer.”
15” x 21”
Mini mono screen prints created for the exhibition Close to Home at The Wildling Museum, featuring alongside works by Karen Schroeder, and Sara Woodburn, on view October 9, 2021 - February 28, 2022. View the large works from the show here.
”The works of Borfiga, Schroeder, and Woodburn center on a recurring theme of nature as a place of solace and beauty where growth and change can seem intimate or expansive. Layers of color, pattern, and printmaking are the dialogue these artists use to share stories of Earth. They value natural areas and seek to bring inspiration to the viewer.”
From top to bottom:
Redwoods
Red Rock II, available from my shop
Convict Lake
Euphorbias, available from my shop
Strata, available from my shop
Forty-nine Palm Oasis, available from my shop
Cactus Paddles
Tuolumne Meadows
Eastern Sierras, available from my shop
Lotusland Euphorbias, available from my shop
Mojave Yukka, available from my shop
Mosaic Canyon, available from my shop
All prints 7.5” x 10.5”
Mono screen print created for the exhibition Close to Home at The Wildling Museum, featuring alongside works by Karen Schroeder, and Sara Woodburn, on view October 9, 2021 - February 28, 2022. View the mini works from the show here.
”The works of Borfiga, Schroeder, and Woodburn center on a recurring theme of nature as a place of solace and beauty where growth and change can seem intimate or expansive. Layers of color, pattern, and printmaking are the dialogue these artists use to share stories of Earth. They value natural areas and seek to bring inspiration to the viewer.”
Kings Tide, available from my shop
15” x 21”
Mono screen print created for the exhibition Close to Home at The Wildling Museum, featuring alongside works by Karen Schroeder, and Sara Woodburn, on view October 9, 2021 - February 28, 2022. View the mini works from the show here.
”The works of Borfiga, Schroeder, and Woodburn center on a recurring theme of nature as a place of solace and beauty where growth and change can seem intimate or expansive. Layers of color, pattern, and printmaking are the dialogue these artists use to share stories of Earth. They value natural areas and seek to bring inspiration to the viewer.”
Euphorbias, available from my shop
15” x 21”
Mono screen print created for the exhibition Close to Home at The Wildling Museum, featuring alongside works by Karen Schroeder, and Sara Woodburn, on view October 9, 2021 - February 28, 2022. View the mini works from the show here.
”The works of Borfiga, Schroeder, and Woodburn center on a recurring theme of nature as a place of solace and beauty where growth and change can seem intimate or expansive. Layers of color, pattern, and printmaking are the dialogue these artists use to share stories of Earth. They value natural areas and seek to bring inspiration to the viewer.”
Eastern Sierras, available from my shop
15” x 21”
Mono screen prints created for the exhibition Close to Home at The Wildling Museum, featuring alongside works by Karen Schroeder, and Sara Woodburn, on view October 9, 2021 - February 28, 2022. View the mini works from the show here.
”The works of Borfiga, Schroeder, and Woodburn center on a recurring theme of nature as a place of solace and beauty where growth and change can seem intimate or expansive. Layers of color, pattern, and printmaking are the dialogue these artists use to share stories of Earth. They value natural areas and seek to bring inspiration to the viewer.”
15” x 21”
Screen print inspired by the Cactus Garden at Lotusland, a collection donated by Merritt Dunlap, who grew 40% of the plants from seed!
Cactus Garden
Screen Print (7 layers), Edition of 20
10 x 10”
Prints available from my Shop
Screen print inspired by Joshua Tree National Park.
Screen Print (7 layers), Edition of 20
10 x 10”
Prints available from my Shop
Screen print inspired by Sequoia National Park.
Screen Print (8 layers), Edition of 16
10 x 10”
Prints available from my Shop ($24 from each sale will be donated to the Californian Environmental Justice Alliance, who work to achieve environmental justice for low income communities and communities of colour)
Screen print inspired by the landscaped cactus gardens found in Southern California.
Screen Print (9 layers), Edition of 20
10 x 10”
Prints available from my Shop
Screen print inspired by the Western Fence Lizard darting about in California.
Screen Print (6 layers), Edition of 20
10 x 10”
Prints available from my Shop
Mirrors created for my solo exhibition In the Weeds.
Lilac Mirror (2023) Glazed stoneware, mirror ~ SOLD ~
Chartreuse Mirror (2023) Glazed stoneware, mirror ~ SOLD ~
Wild Mirror (2023) Glazed stoneware, mirror ~ AVAILABLE ~
Please enquire if you’d like to order a custom mirror.
Screen prints created for the Long Game at The Arts Fund Santa Barbara, an exhibition of work by four female-identifying artists.
The Watermelon series celebrates the hand painted boards made by street-side vendors, to advertise their fruit and veg for sale. These signal the arrival of Summer, with the vibrant patterns of green and fleshy pink watermelon, in materials that echo those used by the vendors. The three prints tell the story of the growth on the vine, the joyous fruit of the labor, as well as the produce that may spoil before ever being harvested.
Watermelon, #1 Camo
Screenprint on paper (4 layers), Edition of 10
Watermelon, #2 Vine
Screenprint on paper (4 layers), Edition of 10
Watermelon on the Vine
Screenprint on birch plywood (3 layers), Edition of 1
Watermelon Harvest
Screenprint on birch plywood (4 layers), Edition of 1
Watermelon Camo
Screenprint on birch plywood (4 layers), Edition of 1
All prints above: 19 x 25”
Prints available from my Shop
Screen print inspired by Indian Miniature Paintings & traditional textile prints.
Jungle Tiles
Screen Print (6 layers), Edition of 40
16 x 20” (400 x 500mm)
Prints available from my Shop, or for UK shoppers Of Cabbages & Kings
Screen print inspired by Indian Miniature Paintings & traditional textile prints. Made with hand drawn positives.
Jungle Cow
Screen Print (8 layers), Edition of 35
20 x 27.5” (500 x 700mm)
Prints available from my Shop, or for UK shoppers Print Club London
Screen print inspired by Indian Miniature Paintings & traditional textile prints. Made with hand drawn positives.
Jungle Elephant
Screen Print (6 layers), Edition of 35
16 x 20” (400 x 500mm)
Prints available from my Shop, or for UK shoppers Of Cabbages & Kings & Print Club London
A langur monkey troop, doing what they do best. Made from hand drawn positives
Screen Print (6 layers)
Edition of 40
16 x 20” (400 x 500mm)
Maize, also known as corn, uses more farming land than any other crop in the USA. It was also a staple material for Native Americans, with the kernels used for food and the husks being woven in baskets and mats, amongst other things. All hail corn, it’s a-maize-ing.
Screen Print (7 layers)
Edition of 20
16 x 20”
Available from my Shop
Chhipa is a brand founded by Lizzie Lock and myself. We made block printed clothing and accessories, softly tailored for unisex wear, in functional designs that are built to last. We launched in September 2015.
Our first collection was made using a resist technique called dabu alongside indigo dyeing. We worked directly alongside master craftsmen in Rajasthan to bring the prints to life. We made a short video about the process (put together by our friend Ryan Henly) which you can see here.
For more info on Chhipa visit our instagram.
Lookbook photography by Dmitry Serostanov, modelled by Jonny Kaye & Sarah Mei.
Chhipa is a brand founded by Lizzie Lock and myself. We made block printed clothing and accessories, softly tailored for unisex wear, in functional designs that are built to last. We launched in September 2015.
Our second collection was made using a discharge method of block printing. We worked directly alongside master craftsmen in Rajasthan to bring the prints to life. We made a short video about the process (put together by our friend Ryan Henly) which you can see here.
For more info on Chhipa visit our instagram.
Lookbook photos were shot by Abbie Smith, modelled by Em Leary and Jonny.
Chhipa is a brand founded by Lizzie Lock and myself. We make block printed clothing and accessories, softly tailored for unisex wear, in functional designs that are built to last. We launched in September 2015.
'Kapara' is the hindi word for cloth. Our Kapara's are a piece of printed fabric that come in two sizes, with many uses - a hanky, pocket square, neckerchief, bandana, fruit carrier, gift wrap...
We worked directly alongside master craftsmen in Rajasthan to bring the prints to life. We made a short video about the process (put together by our friend Ryan Henly) which you can see here.
For more info on Chhipa visit our website or instagram.
Photography by Kelvin.
