Tessa Eastman, Cocoon Cloud Blue Orange Fizz, 2019, Multiple glazed stoneware, 430x350x380 mm. Private collection, courtesy of Jason Jacques Gallery. Photo by Juliet Sheath
Tessa Eastman, Sprouting Limitless Cloud, 2018, Multiple glazed stoneware, 600x400x350 mm. Courtesy of Jason Jacques Gallery. Photo by Sylvain Deleu 
Tessa Eastman, Snow Poodle, 2019, Multiple glazed stoneware, 400x300x420 mm. Private collection, courtesy of Jason Jacques Gallery. Photo by Juliet Sheath 
Tessa Eastman, Cocoon Cloud Copper Gold, 2018, Multiple glazed stoneware, 580x420x370 mm. Private collection, courtesy of FBC London. Photo by Juliet Sheath 
Tessa Eastman, Cave of Wonders, 2019, Multiple glazed stoneware, 520x430x480 mm. Courtesy of Jason Jacques Gallery. Photo by Juliet Sheath 
Tessa Eastman, Standing Cloud Pinky White, 2019, Multiple glazed stoneware, 400x280x400 mm. Courtesy of Jason Jacques Gallery. Photo by Juliet Sheath
Tessa Eastman: Cocoon Clouds, 2018-2019
The Cocoon Clouds are the largest og my sculptures. They were inspired by looking at cocoon structures and gradually the pieces have become more biomorphic and anthropomorphic so that the work feels alive. They are the most technically challenging pieces to construct, fire and glaze. The earlier works such as Sprouting Limitless Cloud were inspired by Dutch Golden Age painting seen at The National Gallery, London where Jacob van Ruisdale’s large cloud expanses dominate his landscape paintings creating an air of obscurity. The same tension I have tried to achieve with the Cocoon Clouds where there is optimism combined with dark undertones.
