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Relationship status: married

Program: BA (HONS) Ceramics/Fine Art, 1st Class

Graduation: 11 July 2008

Member type: Artist

If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?: Conceptual, Photography, Sculpture

I am...: A ceramic Artist with too many unresolved ideas
graduated with a First Class Honours in Fine Art/ Ceramics and looking for exhibition possibilities and networking, possible collaborations.

About my artwork: The influence of the landscape has inspired my study of the effect of memory on the emotional experience of seeing. My Pieces with their layers of clays, oxides and lustres are meant to trace visual memory devoid of or refusing mimetic form, hovering on the brink of recognition. The passage of time features strongly within my pieces; marks, images and surface conditions come and go, leaving fragments of visual experience behind. The remaining fragments evoke meaning, sensory experiences that have been transformed by time, situation, and consequent memories. Memory is always in a constant state of change, complex and fragile, possessing an ethereal quality. My Ceramic work is for that reason rooted in the exploration of how memory, in this case visual memory, is built upon a sense of impermanence and change.
My work is is influenced by the sensuality of the natural world’s processes and minute details. I am inspired by the small seemingly insignificant parts of our world, the lichen growing on a rock, the years of salts and minerals accumulated on old walls. I aim to evoke a sense of wonder, creating forms that demand a closer look, to engender curiosity and delight, by means of line, form, space, colour, pattern and complexity of surface textures, capturing the spirit of the natural world we all inhabit.Textures and surfaces found in the human landscape: architecture, ancient buildings, derelict houses and castles which have been subjected to erosion over the years offer visual and tactile richness as well as the intrigue they offer, secrets they hide, memories and glimpses to a forgotten world. My work offers blank pages to invite curiosity within these structures, personal secrets, feelings, fragility, hopes and dreams... As an observer, one is left to consider a combination of possibilities, possibilities created in part by one's own past, thoughts and memories.

I create surfaces that are an intrinsic part of my concept and process. Nothing is left to chance; the surfaces are part of a critical decision in the design and firing process. I develop and manipulate glazes and engobes that are often disregarded as faults or overlooked, but now challenge the aesthetics and values presented. I liven up the surfaces up through use of stains, oxides and further firings to give an encapsulating and compelling appearance that is significant in the creation of my own personal visual language.

Artists I like: Anslem Kiefer, Tapies, Meeri Hiltunen,Kirsi Kivivirta,Ken Eastman, Maarit Makela, Chris Drury, David Nash, Anish Kapoor,Lotte Glob, Cornelia Parker, Nina Hole(kilns), many more.................

Interests: of course ceramics............ art, photography, reading, chilling out, pear cider, gardening and growing veg, my family, walking the dog, Mountains, Environment, History, people, films,music.

The centre of the artworld is: my studio, online

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At 9:35pm on 26th November 2008, Dwayne Thomas Romero said…: Very impressive and I like the deep blues and ivory apearances.

At 5:54pm on 25th November 2008, Adamo Macri said…: Hello Jan, thank you for commenting. Yes I do create all the sculptural work before it's photographed. This is why I don't want to be referred to as a photographer. Keep in touch, Adamo

At 5:37pm on 22nd November 2008, Adamo Macri said…: Yes, I love it. Wonderful body of work.

At 10:08pm on 21st November 2008, Pennie Steel said…: Hey Jan. Just making contact!
Hope the cold is treating the clay well!

At 7:50pm on 21st November 2008, Joanne Noble said…: im still to contact them I've had a few technical problems with getting immages sized and burnt to disk but it will be fixed asap and I'll let you know how it goes with the galleries probably wont be till after xmas now which is dissapointing.

At 8:59pm on 20th November 2008, Joanne Noble said…: Hey, my computer is rubbish so i hope i rated it properly, also i will forward the gallery contacts, im really sorry its taken me so long.

At 7:23pm on 20th November 2008, joanna said…: Sorry - easily confused at the moment! x All the same it looks really exciting - your excellent porcelain is by far the best.

At 6:23pm on 19th November 2008, Monika Macken said…: I did it, Jan, I voted for your work with a glorious 10 !!

At 6:15pm on 19th November 2008, joanna said…: Hello Jan - have spent time uploading some of my earlier work - must be feeling better! I am pleasantly surprised at your departure - it reminds me of the game with your hands behind your back - paper, stone, scissors - all seems somehow related - don't ask me how!!!! Text embedded into ceramic or welded between acetate - all works well! I may not be that well!!