OCT

Sculptural ceramics by Isabel Merrick.

Sculptural ceramics by Isabel Merrick

Photos: Isabel Merrick

Working in Devon in the south west of England, Isabel Merrick‘s sculptural ceramics are suffused with local, as well as Japanese influences. The textures, forms, and reflective qualities found in the landscapes and seascapes of Devon, provide a set of qualities that she collides with a corresponding set of Japanese inspired textural and formal qualities.

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MAY

Art from the ashes: ‘Tension’ by Emogayu.

testies and egg

Photo credits: Emogayu.

With her studio now in Brooklyn, New York, instead of Tokyo where she formally worked, the Japanese ceramics artist Emogayu has taken both inspiration, and ingredients, from her local pizza takeaway to inform and make her delicate art!

Using ash from the pizza ovens as an ingredient in the glaze of her pottery might seem a strange thing to do, but it has sustained the ‘Tension’ series of pieces for over two years.

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