Dimensions -  38cm wide x  28cm high x 2.5cm deep
Medium - Hand built stoneware with hand dotted glaze. Steel fittings, can be wall hung in or outdoors.
 
Play Thing 5, from my Play Things Series, aims to examine definitions and expectations. Formally it blurs the line between sculpture and design object - not necessarily needing definition, but instead proposing something new and opening space for a visual language of what seems to exist in between. Conceptually it loosely references kids’ building blocks utilising vivid colours and the element of play is proposed within what tends to be a serious gallery/art environment.
Are we open to accessing the visceral enjoyment in playful things again - in simple colour and shape? The work asks us to reach into a part of ourselves we long ago left behind or tend to only reserve for access around children.