Return to Sculptural Forms

Discussing the works in the Ceramic Contemporaries 4 exhibition Knowledge and Understanding: Sculptural forms: figures, creatures and other subjects from the ‘real’ world With elements of the self-portrait, this piece is anything but idealised. Instead it seems to express a state of mental turmoil. Indeed, John Blackwell explains that, after building up the basic ‘skin’ of the head and face, he ‘tried to create all the features by pushing from inside this ‘skin’ so that the final image would appear to have been formed by forces working below the surface.’ John Blackwell Osmosis Material: earthenware Technique: hand built