LIGHT, SHADOW
AND THE ART OF THE FOLD
Porcelain meets Origami.
Slip-cast and press-moulded folded parchment paper and linen, captured in porcelain.
Stripped-back colour focusing on light and shade.
The product is the sum of the process and the imperfections tell the story of the making.
Kate's current work is inspired by the quiet delight of light and shadow falling across origami folds, revealing the imperfect geometry, the texture and the surface rhythm so that the light and shadow become part of the work. As the light is constantly changing, the shadows deepen and shift, so the porcelain never looks the same.
AND THE ART OF THE FOLD
Porcelain meets Origami.
Slip-cast and press-moulded folded parchment paper and linen, captured in porcelain.
Stripped-back colour focusing on light and shade.
The product is the sum of the process and the imperfections tell the story of the making.
Kate's current work is inspired by the quiet delight of light and shadow falling across origami folds, revealing the imperfect geometry, the texture and the surface rhythm so that the light and shadow become part of the work. As the light is constantly changing, the shadows deepen and shift, so the porcelain never looks the same.
'We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness that one thing against another creates...
Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.'
Junichiro Tanizaki, 1933
Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.'
Junichiro Tanizaki, 1933
Porcelain tiles in North Sea Shades
Some of the work currently on sale at Village Gallery, York.
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Scaling up and slipcasting
Kiln success and failure
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Loose lines contrast with sharp edges. The lines come from the fold lines that start the story that leads from 2D to 3D.
Surface ripples created by merging origami with porcelain.
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