Breakthrough

This work seeks to express my response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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'Breakthrough' uses its base of rough clay, with jagged edges and dark decoration, to visually harness the difficulties and tensions.

The porcelain swirl unfolding upwards and out of the darkness is a metaphor for the human spirit, with its perseverance and hope, as it rises from the place of containment to emerge into freedom. 

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Crystalline glazing conveys mystical and spiritual aspects in all of this, far beyond words.

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We view 'Breakthrough' through a pane of glass (the connection will be obvious...), and the entire piece rests on oak, symbolic of strength and endurance.