Botanical Structures
Botanical Structures is a body of work developed in residency in Denmark in 2013. It is a series of large-scale wall-mounted installation pieces, each an assemblage of multiple components. Working in slip-cast porcelain, the glaze palette is a combination of oxidization and soda wood firing; the latter a chance decision to try something new that produced unexpected and astonishing results. Botanical Structures has been exhibited in varying forms in the UK and Denmark and commissioned privately.
Kay Aplin
Brighton, England
Botanical Structures IV, Anders BeierSoda wood fired and oxidised porcelain, 7m x 0.7, European Ceramic Context 2014, Rønne Library (solo show)
Botanical Structures III, Matthew AndrewsOxidised porcelain, 2.1 x 1.2m Regency Townhouse, Brighton, 2014
Botanical Structures II, Matthew AndrewsSoda wood fired porcelain, 2 x 1m Fantastic Tales, The Ceramic House, Brighton, 2014
Botanical Structures panels, Bernard G Mills 3 panels on perspex, soda wood fired and oxidised porcelain, 0.9 x 1.2m, 0.6 x 1.2m, 0.9 x 1.2m
Botanical Structures (blue), Matthew AndrewsOxidised porcelain, 2 x 0.7m, private commission, Brighton, 2013