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Ailsa creates a variety of decorative wheel thrown pieces and hand built sculptures which concentrate on form rather than function and explore both negative and positive space and the movement suggested within those spaces. Clay is never weighed and work is always cut freehand to ensure each pieces individuality. |
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Ailsa also makes larger scale sculptures, produced through a process of wheel thrown double chambered donuts, sliced into sections and reassembled. These abstract pieces are inspired largely by her fascination with the secret world of microbiology and the imagery of vulcanology. |
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Ailsa says "These vast and bizarre worlds offer an inexhaustible supply of imagery, which complements the subtle metaphoric associations I wish to make. I use glossy black glazes in contrast to matt oranges and reds in order to echo the vibrancy of volcanic eruptions". |
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The smoke fired works are wrapped in bracken and straw parcels for the firing process, individually marking them with imprints and capturing the unpredictable moments of the trial by fire. |
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