jan byrne ceramics
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 anxiety 

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is a new venture into 2D jigsaw-like images which fit into a frame and can be hung on the wall as a painting would. The entire piece including the frame is 45cm x 70 cm. The ceramic is slab built from white earthenware clay, which has then been indented with pattern and fired to 1160c. Coloured glaze has been rubbed into the carving and wiped away, as well as being painted on to the surface area before being fired to 1080c. Coloured enamels, gold lustre and mother-of-pearl have then been applied to some areas of the outside to give more definition, and fired again to 800c.  A final layer of paint has been added and heated to a temperature of 150c to add a metallic raised effect.  When the glazing process has been completed, the ceramic jigsaw pieces have been fitted together and framed in a wooden frame which has a decoupaged surface to  continue the image but in a less defined manner. This work concerns anxiety and its hidden layers, interwoven and camouflaged. From the very obvious scream motif, to the less noticeable shadow figures with monsters lurking in our internal world. The desert shows view of a future; the cactus plant depicts our emotional thirst with defensive, protective spines at the ready. The lizards which hide and live in the rocks patrol our physical presentation. There is a narrow gap between the ceramic and the frame which represents the barrier which separates our internal and external world. The sweet wrappers continue the picture, but it is a pale continuation of the image, which as with anxiety is not as sharply defined as our internal world. Then the outside world full of sugary promise and commercially led is not of any benefit. Signed and dated by the artist January 2013. 
 price £500


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  • c.v. exhibitions and contact
    • exhibitions
    • contact
    • artwork by date >
      • current work >
        • endeavour 2017
        • pick n mix (ode to woolworths)
        • pots about travel 2017
        • thou art my valentine!
        • eden and paradise lost 2022
        • spring
        • education series 2021/22
        • Art Bowls 2023
        • oceans and sea pots 2022
        • flora, flora. flora 2022
        • the orb 2019
        • red clay rockets 2018
        • the stoic 2017
        • work 2017
        • ponds and flies 2015
        • no reserve >
          • acceptance
          • cherub plate
          • rainbow warrior
          • home sweet home
        • recycle, reuse, repair 2016
      • fine art >
        • bone china >
          • slipcast domestic ware 2016
        • when barbie went lindy hopping >
          • other artwork
          • my time capsule