Where would an artist be without inspiration?
Sometimes it is so easy to get wrapped up in (and sometimes exasperated with) the work we are making... it is really great to just research and look around - trawling through blogs especially, can be time-consuming but very rewarding. Obviously seeing artwork in person is even better though!
An artist that is currently "informing my arts practice" is Ikuko Iwamoto, a London-based artist that makes beautiful yet dangerous functional and non-functional artwork. She explores and reveals "an invisible, microscopic world... of detail, of mathematical pattern and organic chaos, of beauty and repulsion."
Another great ceramic artist that constantly strengthens my practice is Cass Edney. Cass shares a studio space with me, and is constantly making work! The hard work she puts in is evident - her work is intricate and beautiful. Her forms challenge functionality, referencing both the handmade and the mass-produced.
Check Cass out here.
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