6: Lorna Fraser - Whitehouse

Monday, 14 July 2008 18:11 Big Things
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Whitehouse, by Lorna FraserLorna 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.

www.lornafraser.co.uk

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(lead photo courtesy of Angela)

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