Lorna Fraser, hosted by Robert Pickles & Joan Birse @ Bath Street
The inspiration for Lorna’s work comes from her love of gardens and gardening. The aesthetic appeal of plant life provides her with an absorbing array of ideas. Lorna explores the sculptural quality of plants whilst also trying to capture their vulnerability and sensuality. Each individual piece is hand built in white earthenware clay and finished with a matte white glaze.
Title of work - Whitehouse
My work may not immediately appear to be a piece of art… however all is not what it seems. On closer inspection I hope that the curiosity of the viewer is rewarded by the surprise that the “plants” filling the greenhouse are in fact, white porcelain.
I am inspired by the structure of plant forms and I aim to capture the sculptural quality of plants whilst also reflecting their fragility, sensuality and vulnerability.
The works are deliberately devoid of colour, accentuating their statuesque quality – the whiteness evoking a feeling of something ghostly or dreamlike.
Read on for photos...
(lead photo courtesy of Angela)
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Big Things on the Beach is a public art trust in Portobello, a seaside suburb close to the city centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was formed by a group of residents in 2003 to explore the potential of the seafront as a site for engagement with public artworks by both emerging and established artists.
