All photographs © Lisa Stevens, shared with permission
Ridges, florets, and spirals comprise the colourful terrains of Bristol-based artist Lisa Stevens’ marine-inspired ceramics. On the floor of high-fired porcelain clay, she builds vivid hues utilizing underglazes and stoneware glazes together with melted glass to realize jewel-like particulars. In the course of the previous few years, she has expanded her coral-inspired designs, incorporating a variety of shapes and emphasizing a spectrum of vivid hues. “My work has change into extra excessive with extra followers, spikes, and branches, and now many items could be displayed on the wall,” she tells Colossal.
Stevens enjoys working in collection, together with collaborating in The 100 Day Mission, first with a collection of skull-shaped tiles sprouting coral tentacles and presently making progress on a bunch of teardrop-shaped items. Utilizing a variety of instruments, she spends numerous time experimenting and studying new methods to make use of them, so no two are the identical. “I stick to at least one primary form however make every one utterly totally different,” she says. “I’ll by no means discover an finish to the chances and gained’t become bored with searching for one thing new.”
In the event you’re within the U.Ok., you possibly can see Stevens’ items on show at Unbiased Design Collective in Bristol and Katherine Richards Artwork Gallery in Brighton and Hove. Discover extra on the artist’s web site, and comply with updates on Instagram.
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