Hi, I'm Roxy

Over the last few years my art practice has evolved to encompass several mediums. I now often find my work assumes its place within a complimentary series, and enjoy designing and creating pieces with a curiosity for their interaction in a space.

At times having fought to contain my creativity into something easier to define, I instead now defer to the principle of embodying all that I am and embracing the joy within the entropy.

I believe joy can be actively sought, through reverence for life itself and the act of choosing to see the beauty in it.

Portfolio

Expressive Abstract

My current work focuses on extracting the details and epressive marks from abstract paintings to produce 'prints' as one-off editions. Wheel thrown ceramics featuring these slices of expression, bringing two mediums together to create a collaboration embodying my favourite elements of both.

Sandbanks Bowls

Inspired by the local landcape, the shape of the coastline in Poole transcribed perfectly into the continuous line style drawing I enjoy.
These bowls are a multitude of processes. First they are wheel thrown and left to dry until leather hard before being trimmed. Then I cover the interior of the bowl in a cobalt slip and once dry, carve out the lines of the coastline, on one side the Sandbanks peninsular and Poole Harbour, on the other, Studland Bay. Sometimes, the tiny islands of Brownsea and co. feature, each is hand drawn so completely unique. The bowls are then bisque fired, glazed in a transparent glaze and fired for a second time.

Sculptural vases

Handbuilt from a heavily grogged, grey clay, these pieces were the focal point of my collection as part of an exhibition at Upton House, The Gallery Upstairs, with a local artist collective. After a period of regularly hiking the chalk cliffs in the area, I wanted to celebrate our relationship with nature, the way every walk was a fresh experience, a different feeling, a changing perspective. The contrasting forms represent the powerful and sheilding, alongside the soft, feminine.