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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

Tamar Mason ceramic sculpture eyes wide shut bacxk

Eyes Wide Shut (rear view)

Young Mother
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
75 cm
Private collection, South Africa

Tamar Mason Young mother Sculpture from back

Young Mother (rear view)
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
73 cm
Private collection, South Africa

Tamar Mason Sculpture Provider

Provider
Stoneware clay, oxides, graphite, floor polish
70 cm
Private collection, South Africa

Tamar Mason ceramic sculpture Victim

Victim
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
71 cm
Private collection, South Africa

Tamar Mason Ceramic sculpture woman

Victim (rear view)
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
71 cm
Private collection, South Africa

Tamar Mason ceramic sculpture Welts

Welts (detail)
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
90 cm
Private collection, South Africa

tamar Mason Sculpture welts from back

Welts (detail rear view)
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
90 cm
Private collection, South Africa

Tamar Mason Kabokweni Mother sculpture

Kabokweni Mother
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish, impala horns
110 cm
Private collection, South Africa

Tamar Mason Kabokweni Mother back

Kabokweni Mother (rear detail)
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish, impala horns
110 cm
Private collection, South Africa

Tamar Mason Depression sculpture

Postnatal
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
90 cm
Private collection, South Africa

Tamar Mason ceramic sculpture

Postnatal (rear view)
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
90 cm
Private collection, South Africa

Mother sculpted figure by Tamar Mason

Motherhood
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
156 cm
Private collection, South Africa

Mother rear view ceramic sculpture by Tamar Mason

Motherhood (rear view)
Stoneware clay, oxides, turmeric, floor polish
156 cm
Private collection, South Africa

Tamar Mason large female figure ceramic

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

tamar mason engraved cattle skull power
Tamar Mason engraved cattle skull sculptures

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

Tamar Mason engraved and cpoloured cattle skull

Don’t talk
Engraved cattle horn, oxides, polish, pins
+/- 45cm wide
Private collection, South Africa