Production gallery

Following on from my project with Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills I am developing a new series of porcelain and light sculptures. Below is a gallery of images of my work in progress. I am working on five new pieces that are derived from my love of the cinema. I often start out by drawing a work with pen and pencil. There are also images of the various processes I use to create the work. Each work requires quite a long journey spanning up to a year where I take ideas and drawings through processes that involve various clays, plaster casts and various forms of porcelain.

Dana Drawing of potential lighting application	Dana Pen and pencil drawing	Amber This image shows an imprinted slab of clay being prepared for the introduction of plaster. The print was made using soft paper	Amber Detail of paper print in clay	Dana Interior of derelict tanning works in Otley. This beautiful, former engineering workshop inspired the piece entitled 'Dana'.	Amber Full size card model of the work. I often make full scale models to help me to understand how the piece functions in space.
Juliet Plaster cast of lengths of wool	Emily Initial drawing of how the sculpture might look	Emily This is a test piece showing how LED light is working with porcelain. The marks, which have the appearance of streaks of light, are made by cutting into the surface of very soft clay.	Emily Marks made in formica by dragging heavy, abrasive objects across the surface.	Untitled Test piece of porcelain with LED back-lighting. The image in the porcelain was taken from the surface of a tree in Chevin wood. This piece, which I have yet to develop, has the feel of a glowing ember.	Chandelier design Pencil design drawing for a chandelier
Juliet Porcelain slip residue during production of Juliet sculpture	Amber Carefully prising a clay form from a plaster cast	Emily Clay work in production	Dana Tests using porcelain slip on plaster

Production gallery

Dana

Drawing of potential lighting application

Dana

Pen and pencil drawing

Amber

This image shows an imprinted slab of clay being prepared for the introduction of plaster. The print was made using soft paper

Amber

Detail of paper print in clay

Dana

Interior of derelict tanning works in Otley. This beautiful, former engineering workshop inspired the piece entitled 'Dana'.

Amber

Full size card model of the work. I often make full scale models to help me to understand how the piece functions in space.

Juliet

Plaster cast of lengths of wool

Emily

Initial drawing of how the sculpture might look

Emily

This is a test piece showing how LED light is working with porcelain. The marks, which have the appearance of streaks of light, are made by cutting into the surface of very soft clay.

Emily

Marks made in formica by dragging heavy, abrasive objects across the surface.

Untitled

Test piece of porcelain with LED back-lighting. The image in the porcelain was taken from the surface of a tree in Chevin wood. This piece, which I have yet to develop, has the feel of a glowing ember.

Chandelier design

Pencil design drawing for a chandelier

Juliet

Porcelain slip residue during production of Juliet sculpture

Amber

Carefully prising a clay form from a plaster cast

Emily

Clay work in production

Dana

Tests using porcelain slip on plaster