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Katherine Kingdon
Box - Piano box
Ceramic
Ref: 105165
10 x 7 cms
£85.00
Katherine Kingdon
'The artist is the hand that plays.... to cause vibrations in the soul' (Kandinsky). My work is made from clay and developed from lots of drawing and the kind of drawing games I use when working with young children and when teaching creativity. In each piece I strive for a balance between intuition, reason and action. The forms are loosely based on the work of other makers. I draw and redraw until I find a shape I like. I then aim for this kind of looseness as I build the form. The images on the surface evolve out of a kind of game. Our innate desire to see the human in things, intrigues me and I use this to find the human in random patches of clay. From these a narrative begins to evolve, but I also aim for an element of ambiguity. It's in these gaps that, for me, the true poetry lies. My intention is to draw you in, to make you smile, to encourage you to spend time looking, to fire your imagination.
