Turning Point Showcase: Ceramicist Donna Leach

This week’s artwork begins with the visual representation of objects shown through ceramicist Donna Leach. In conversation with Donna, she describes her work as “the aesthetic sensibilities experienced from the visual representation created within an object displaying contradictions of the real and unreal.”

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“This visual language of past and present forms a ‘tipping point’ creating an intimacy with the viewer where they are invited to question their perception.The aim of this visual representation is to create sign’s enabling memories to be triggered and narrative’s to be formed through evoking sensory, subjective, psychological and emotional properties which are experienced through memories and storytelling.These binary opposites relating to past and present create the dialogue of visual language.  The ambiguous and familiar objects create symbolic forms of land, location, storytelling and history which are displayed to the audience where they can be the director of their story.”

To see more of Donna Leach’s work, you can find her through:

Blog – https://donnaleachceramics.wordpress.com/

Also as part of our funding for our degree show, we have set up an account to donate to through Indiegogo, where you can support us and also get something back in return. Just follow the link below for more details of how you can get involved:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/turning-point–6/x/10221193

Turning Point Showcase: Ceramicist Charlotte Burke

Here’s our 2nd showcase this week, focusing on the work of ceramicist Charlotte Burke.

For Charlotte, her practice crosses over into both fine art and craft, creating questioning towards our ideas towards process and outcome.

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As Charlotte states “my work aims to take the originality of making to evoke emotion through material qualities with a twist of unique style, to create a thought provoking response in relation to our own relationships with objects. In a world where buying an object or art is more acceptable then making it, I seek to en-devour to show how important the process of creation is. With Ceramics being an area of questioning in terms of whether it is art or craft? I take on the values within still life to demonstrates the story my objects represent. I use art to create a strong perform, craft to produce the skills needed to make and together create parallels to politically question how important making is in the wider world. I use both 2D and 3D approaches in sync to aid my making through reflection and ideas.”

If you would like to see more of Charlotte’s work, she can be contacted via:

Blog – https://cburkeceramics.wordpress.com/

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/pages/Charlotte-Burke-Ceramics/1398963100417328?fref=nf

Twitter – https://twitter.com/cburkeceramics

Tumblr – https://www.tumblr.com/blog/cburkeceramics

Email – cburkeceramics@outlook.com