The coastlines and mountains of South Wales are the starting point for Sara’s practice. The shifting skies, grey blues of the sea and the vast expanses of open space inform her palette, alongside the cloudscapes of London where small observations of light become the seeds of larger ceramic works.

Porcelain has always drawn Sara. She works with it in its liquid form, slip, painting and layering until it forms wafer thin strata. Each torn edge catches the light and simultaneously casts shadow, creating intimacy as the eye moves from one layer to the next. The kiln itself is an important tool, its extreme temperatures transform and shift the porcelain, sometimes unpredictably. Embracing the dynamism of the firing process, each outcome holds a balance of design and chance capturing freedom and individuality.

Creating work is meditative. The slow, repetitive nature of making allows the artist to lose themself in the process. At the same time, always testing, mixing pigments by hand, building a fluid palette of indistinguishable gradients. Sara looks to the sky, to Turner, to Japanese aesthetics, to weaving and textiles, and to the humility of working directly with clay. Taking something dug from the earth, fired, and made permanent.

Sara’s pieces are moments captured, sculptural paintings of porcelain that carry within them both fragility and strength.

Commissioned by 1 Triton Square by British Land and Royal London Asset Management. Curated by New Public in partnership with Cockpit Studios.