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Kristina Veasey

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Multi-layered artist. Sculpture, installation, crafts, digital art/sound/film. Identity, routines, connection, provocation, commonalities & difference

One pot, many landscapes. I made this piece about One pot, many landscapes.

I made this piece about 6 months ago and had no idea how to glaze it, either aesthetically or practically. Its undulating form means the inside becomes the outside, and there wasn't enough glaze to fill a bucket large enough to dip it in one. There's not enough space to get a brush inside and reach everywhere, and pouring and glazing evenly and only in wanted areas, would have been a messy battle. And so it sat covered on a shelf for months.

After much debating I decided on using oxides. It's what I'm most familiar with. It's not a clay I usually work though (K112) so this added to my umming and ahhing. I should have liked to have added slips and other textures to make it really tactile, but at the point I made it I had thought I'd be glazing it so I 'd tried to keep a smooth finish.

It's all a learning curve, and as is often the case, it becomes it's own thing anyway. The oxides have actually picked up the surface marks and scratches (clearly my finish wasn't that smooth after all) and have brought an unforeseen textural element to it, which I love. The iron and manganese oxides taper really well too, blending into the toasted colour of the clay.

It's been a long time coming, but I'm really pleased to have it finished and have it out in the world (and not eyeing me from the studio shelf and pleading for attention!). 

#ceramics #artist #pottery #oxides #clay #artistprocess #textures #landscapes

Reel shows series of images and close-ups of a ceramic vase with undulating edges
A toughened exterior crust, built up over years. A A toughened exterior crust, built up over years. A weathered epidermis masking the raw sensitivity of an unprotected core.
Observations and correlations in nature and humanity. Tentative explorations into unmasking.

#nature #unmasking #artist
#ceramic #clay #textures #artasmetaphor #pottery #stoneware

Reel shows images of highly textured vessel with crumbling, crusted exterior surface and smooth, red glazed interior.
Magical forest fairyland embedded with living moss Magical forest fairyland embedded with living moss and flickering with candlelight.

I love creating different textures with clay. This piece started out as a vehicle for trying out different processes and effects, but became it's own piece as the wood textures and fungi developed.
I am reminded of a nightlight I had as a child, possibly a Derek Fowler or Peggy Foy ceramic house for mice or bunnies, which was lit from within. It's warm glow and sense of enchantment brought comfort when I couldn't sleep. I was thinking about this memory as I made this piece and I think some of that has filtered through. I am now waiting for the fairies to move in. 

#forest #forestbathing #forestlovers #nature #outsideinside #sculpture #ceramic #claysculpture #pottery #textures #lantern #tealight #fairytale
#fungi 
Reel shows images of a ceramic tree stump with wood textures and fungi, moss and flickering candle
Experimenting with lichen textures created with ce Experimenting with lichen textures created with ceramic slips. Rock canvases showcasing otherwordly forms and colours. Not categorised as a plant, but the result of a symbiotic relationship between fungi and algae, and a indicator of good air quality.
Fascinated by all the varieties, I'm wanting to capture an essence of these amazing textural growths. Messing with bicarb & vinegar, bubbles, grogs and different clays the explorations continue...

#forest #ceramic #clay #lichen #symbiosis #nature #artist

Reel shows images of textural slips on ceramic rocks
WIP Thinking about togetherness and separation; my WIP
Thinking about togetherness and separation; my eldest is moving to new terrains. Stimming with clay whilst thinking about the two of us at the start of this journey, surveying our new geographies - in place and in life - I was lost in thought for an age.
I played with the clay as a sensory experience with no agenda or design in mind. When I eventually looked down, this was the piece that had emerged. An example of automatism - where there was no control over the manipulation of materials and the body was driven by the subconscious.
I'm now deciding whether to fire it, effectively freeze-framing this moment in time, or to put it unfired in the shallows on the beach and film it dissolving; a separation.

#sculpture #clay #ceramics #separation #connection #stimming #senseofplace #automatism #wip
New work just back from the kiln- Fantasy Fungi c New work just back from the kiln-
 Fantasy Fungi ceramics

This years bumper crop of fungi have inspired new work from the forest collection I'm working on.

#forest #forestbathing #forestlovers #nature #outsideinside #sculpture #ceramic #artist #contemporaryceramics #pottery #potterylove #clay #handmadeceramics #nature #interiorart
Perfect day for fungi foraging in ancient woodland Perfect day for fungi foraging in ancient woodland!

#fungi #forest #woodland #autumn #mushrooms

Reel shows images of varieties of fungi
It's so wonderful to see Meander against the golde It's so wonderful to see Meander against the golden glow of autumn. When designing this sculpture, I imagined how it would look in all the different seasons, but being based on the other side of the country means I hardly get to visit. So, I was over the moon to stumble across these beautiful images online.

Do head over to @cslbpphotography and cslbpphotography.co.uk for more stunning images.

#meander #sculpture #steambending #wood #furniture #bench #forest #forestlovers #forestofdean #beechenhurst #sculpturetrail #oak #autumn #fall
@weareunltd @FODSculpture @charliewhinneystudio 

Images show curving form of sculpture set in front of golden autumnal foliage.
Capturing the wind through dappled light and shado Capturing the wind through dappled light and shadows cast on walls, carpets, body and window panes.

#light #shadow #wind #domesticity #outsideinside #weather #home
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