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I set up a ceramic studio at the Fordsburg Artists’ Studios in the mid-1990s. I worked with clay, found objects and cattle horns. Sculptures were hand-built, using the traditional coiling technique. Wax, ochre, oxides and turmeric were rubbed into the kiln-fired figures. Many of the conceptual concerns that I use in my fibre-based work today stem from this earlier work. When we converted to only using sustainable energy in 2022, I sold my kiln and no longer work in clay.
Eyes Wide Shut
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
73 cm
Private collection, South Africa
Eyes Wide Shut (rear view)
Young Mother
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
75 cm
Private collection, South Africa
Young Mother (rear view)
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
73 cm
Private collection, South Africa
Provider
Stoneware clay, oxides, graphite, floor polish
70 cm
Private collection, South Africa
Victim
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
71 cm
Private collection, South Africa
Victim (rear view)
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
71 cm
Private collection, South Africa
Welts (detail)
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
90 cm
Private collection, South Africa
Welts (detail rear view)
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
90 cm
Private collection, South Africa
Kabokweni Mother
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish, impala horns
110 cm
Private collection, South Africa
Kabokweni Mother (rear detail)
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish, impala horns
110 cm
Private collection, South Africa
Postnatal
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
90 cm
Private collection, South Africa
Postnatal (rear view)
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
90 cm
Private collection, South Africa
Motherhood
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
156 cm
Private collection, South Africa
Motherhood (rear view)
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
156 cm
Private collection, South Africa
Pandemic 2002
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish, found objects
156 cm
Private collection, South Africa
Pandemic 2002 (rear view)
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish, found objects
156 cm
Private collection, South Africa
Power
Engraved cattle horns, oxides, polish, pins
43 cm wide
Private collection, South Africa
Iron - Hers (top) Hammer - His (bottom)
Engraved cattle horns, oxides, polish, pins
+/- 45cm wide
Private collection, South Africa
Don’t talk
Engraved cattle horn, oxides, polish, pins
+/- 45cm wide
Private collection, South Africa