Stephanie Quayle

Friday 28 June - Saturday 20 July / Dydd Gwener 28 Mehefin - Dydd Sadwrn 20 Gorffenaf
Gallery 1 / Oriel 1

“My work focuses on the animal and the force of nature inherent within.  Familiar yet distinct from man, the us-ness in their eyes masks an otherness which undermines it.
A fascination for ‘animal-ness’ and pursuing what it is like to be animal, drives the making process.  Direct and energetic the clay becomes inhabited rather than an image of its self.

Bringing together the untamed, exotic, wild otherness of animals with domestic objects or the civilised spaces we inhabit, highlights the tensions between man and beast and questions the boundaries of our inner animalness, drawing out an inner force intrinsic to our spirit.

Living on a farm, immersed in the countryside environment and spending time in the wilderness of the Belize, Laos and Bangladesh are raw, vital experiences which informs and drives the work. Human souls are bound up in nature, so much of our selves resonates with animals, at our inner most essence we are animal, yet we no longer recognise our place in nature, we are displacing ourselves, the more separated we become, the unhappier we become.”

Stephanie Quayle

To celebrate the International Ceramics Festival, ceramic artist Stephanie Quayle will be creating a full size rhinoceros in the Gallery, alongside an exhibition of her new works. Come and see these fabulous animal sculptures and have a go at clay modelling!

Stephanie Quayle is a ceramic sculptor who uses heavily grogged sculptors’ clays which allows her to create expressive lines and movements as immediate as drawing, as well as porcelain which is pushed to its limits.

Also showing will be film on ceramics history.

- See more here.

I ddathlu’r  Ŵyl Serameg Ryngwladol, bydd yr artist serameg Stephanie Quayle yn creu rhinoseros llawn faint yn yr Oriel, ochr yn ochr ag arddangosfa o’i gwaith newydd. Dewch i weld y cerfluniau hyn o anifeiliaid a rhowch gynnig ar ychydig o fodelu mewn clai eich hunan!

Cerflunydd serameg yw Stephanie Quayle sy’n defnyddio gwahanol fathau o glai arbennig i greu llinellau a symudiadau trawiadol, yn ogystal â phorslen sy’n cael ei wthio i’r ymylon.

Dangosir hefyd ffilm ar hanes serameg.

- Gweld mwy yma.

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