emily-kriste ceramicist
Through my work I aim to portray a sense of movement through providing a rich aesthetic and an invitation to explore. I predominantly use a white earthenware clay body and layers of pattern and decoration are built up during the process of multiple firings adding to a sense of history during the making process. Slips, oxides, glazes, transfers and lustres are used and pieces go through up to 5 firings ranging in temperature from 1140 to 700°C before their completion is reached.
The composition of 3D constructions is considered through and after each stage of the making process. Space and distance is important – a place of visual rest against the intensity of the patterned coloured and textured surfaces. The sense of repair and assemblage is a driving force for the methods of making, and drawing is integral to the development and exploration of form. My drawings and paintings derive from many influences such as mapmaking, social interaction dressmaking text and patterns, boats, assemblage, the built environment, through to birds and their sense of rhythm and movement. Such drawings inform 3D investigations and vice versa.
The current body of work Over-Undersized focuses on using bottles, teapots and other vessels as important areas of study exploring shape and construction as a platform for certain elements to be exaggerated or understated such as handles and spouts.
These pieces have a relationship to space: where the eye can travel in, around, above, behind and beyond.
© 2006 emily-kriste 