A series of seven pairs; seven ceramic sculptures paired with seven drawings.
Made with support from Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop’s Project Spaces.
Awarded Glenfiddich Residency Prize.
Exhibition text:
This body of work is an investigation into ground, support, and what it means to hold and be held. Undulating valleys and sloping moors provide the canvas for these ideas. Each piece has been produced in collaboration with the artist’s father, Joseph Phillips. A joiner by trade, Joe has built the wooden plinths that support each sculpture. The sculptural vessels explore landscape as something that we live within and from. They portray hills as forms that encapsulate belonging, foundation and an unwavering certainty and yet unpredictability in their wildness. The hills can be seen as both a powerful mass to live in the shadows of, and as a home to be held by.
Made with support from Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop’s Project Spaces.
Awarded Glenfiddich Residency Prize.
Exhibition text:
This body of work is an investigation into ground, support, and what it means to hold and be held. Undulating valleys and sloping moors provide the canvas for these ideas. Each piece has been produced in collaboration with the artist’s father, Joseph Phillips. A joiner by trade, Joe has built the wooden plinths that support each sculpture. The sculptural vessels explore landscape as something that we live within and from. They portray hills as forms that encapsulate belonging, foundation and an unwavering certainty and yet unpredictability in their wildness. The hills can be seen as both a powerful mass to live in the shadows of, and as a home to be held by.
Titles
Drawings
1a. Bettyhill Cove, Highlands
2a.Thornhill, Galloway
3a. Kunda Clay Mine, Estonia
4a. Kaali Meteorite Crater, Estonia
5a. Surprise View, Yorkshire
6a. The Hill Fort near Monreith, Galloway
7a. Castlelaw Hill Fort, Pentlands
Ceramic
1b. Cove
2b.Valley
3b. Mine
4b. Crater
5b. Dale
6b. Refuge
7b. Sheltered Horizon