LNi1 Lou Nicholson - Clouded

Title of artwork: CLOUDED
Medium: Glazed Stoneware Ceramic
Size: 21cm x 9cm x 6.5cm
Year: 2024

Description: CLOUDED was slab built by hand with mark making using only found natural forms, twice fired, and hand painted with a selection of naturally inspired glazes.
Stamped LNC

I love to forage for shells, driftwood, twigs and other found natural items that I can use in my work to create textured surfaces. I mark lines and patterns on to my pieces (sometimes on to raw clay and sometimes with glaze) to represent sketches I have done outside, often by the sea.

I am drawn to forming circles (often pierced) in sculptures; this always represents my 'focusing on the view' and I enjoy how these can pull you into a piece.

My sculptures are hand built and painted with a number of glazes to capture the fluidity of my thinking at that moment in time and to reflect differing light conditions in the sea and on land.

I enjoy how people react differently to glazes, creating their own observations, sometimes jogging a distant memory.