{"title":"Ceramic sculpture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe torso sculptures explore vulnerability, identity and the emotional experiences carried within the body. Fragmented, partially formed and often deliberately imperfect, the works move beyond traditional representations of the female figure to focus instead on emotional presence and human fragility.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorking primarily in clay, I use the material for its physical and symbolic qualities. Clay records touch, pressure and damage, allowing each surface to hold traces of making, memory and lived experience. Cracks, fractures and uneven textures are not concealed but embraced as part of the work’s meaning, reflecting the ways people carry emotional wounds, resilience and survival within the body.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough rooted in personal experience, the sculptures aim to create space for broader conversations around grief, care, healing and women’s lived realities. The absence of heads, limbs or identifying features allows the forms to become both individual and universal, inviting viewers to project their own emotional narratives onto the work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe sculptures sit between strength and vulnerability, weight and tenderness. Through their scale, tactility and fragmented surfaces, they become quiet acts of witness — acknowledging the complexities of human experience while suggesting the possibility of repair, endurance and transformation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dancer","title":"Michaela Haynes, Dancer Female, (2019) paper clay, Enamel, Pen, 45x60x40cm","description":"\u003cp\u003eMum meets Dad Lecarno Club Nottingham 1963, The Artist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaper clay sculptures, acrylic and enamel paint, pen, mum; 45x60x40 (cm) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe making of this sculpture began on theme of movement, I began to think about memories of dances; the tea dance for the older generation and then dancing in general. We have all danced at some time in our life, even it was a secret one in the enclosure of your house or a wedding dance or a joyous little jig when things go right.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe idea of using dancing as a connection for my work may help stir memories and foster emotional connections and engage them in a little dance there and then!\u003cbr\u003eAlong with this idea of dancing I also thought of using the clothing of that era as a memory jogger. We have all had special moments when we knew what we were wearing or what someone else was wearing and it reminds us of times in our lives like a first date or a wedding or the last time we saw someone. The idea of getting ready and then going dancing make strong memories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo link these 2 ideas with my practice as a ceramic artist I used the meeting of my mum and dad. My dad was in a rock and roll band in the early sixties and my mum was the best dancer apparently. 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We have all danced at some time in our life, even it was a secret one in the enclosure of your house or a wedding dance or a joyous little jig when things go right.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe idea of using dancing as a connection for my work may help stir memories and foster emotional connections and engage them in a little dance there and then!\u003cbr\u003eAlong with this idea of dancing I also thought of using the clothing of that era as a memory jogger. We have all had special moments when we knew what we were wearing or what someone else was wearing and it reminds us of times in our lives like a first date or a wedding or the last time we saw someone. The idea of getting ready and then going dancing make strong memories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo link these 2 ideas with my practice as a ceramic artist I used the meeting of my mum and dad. 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I made 100 of them to highlight the statistic that 100 people an hour contact the police with a domestic abuse phone call. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey are all completely unique as we are, some tall some wide and thin. Made with strips of clay applied like bandages to signify healing. They portray the differences in us along with the cracks and breaks, some have extra pieces or missing pieces, the good, the bad and the ugly on show. I use inks in the colours of bruises to show the hidden hurts, unseeable to the human eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI chose the human torso as it houses our critical organs, it is the core of the human body. 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He loved Derbyshire and the landscape coming originally from Nottingham and in a rock and roll band in the early 1960’s shortly before he gave it all up as he had found God (or God found him) .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe image came from a photograph I had taken while on a walk in Derbyshire just after his death. My dad loved farms and barns in particular I never knew why until I thought about it but sewing, reaping, gathering, planting, all things to do with farms and farmers are written about as images \/ parables in the bible. He saw his church buildings as barns to gather the harvest of people so this is what I decided to depict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe piece has scriptures throughout related to barns in the bible, not visible straight away but after looking closely can be read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMade from slices of brick clay which are then fired and arranged on wooden panels. 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