Elly Glossop: Selected works, 2020-2023
Blurring the boundaries between perceptions of the psyche (memory/dream/imagination), Elly’s work explores the sublime and almost ethereal qualities of clay, through which a universe materialises based on formations found throughout the natural world. By simulating and recreating these textural elements imprinted in her subconscious, they manifest into otherworldly forms and artefacts. Bodies of work are constructed around a particular theme, or technique of making, and are often inspired by geological formations or phenomena. Foremost these forms are a visual exploration of time and the temporal nature of existence. Using the fluidity of porcelain slip in a range of states Elly is able to explore the relationships between surface and substance, what is real – and what is imagined in a series of dream-like scapes of textures and compositions. Working intuitively with the serendipitous nature of the material, she reinvents traditional techniques of making, which form a distinctive and unique material language. Elly’s practice is currently studio based, which acts as a laboratory where she experiments and pushes her practice forward.
Accretions series, 2020-2023
Tephra series, 2020-2021
Strata series, 2020
Captions
- Corrie, 2022, Parian, glaze, 42.5x36x21 cm. Photo by Robert Damisch
Accretions II, 2020, Parian, glaze, 10.5x18x24 cm. Photo by Kasper Agergaard
Esturary, 2021, Parian, glaze, 35×41 cm. Photo by Kasper Agergaard
Fjord, 2022, Parian, glaze, 36x10x6 cm. Photo by Robert Damisch
Melt I, 2021, Parian, glaze, 44x18x9 cm. Photo by Kasper Agergaard
Melt II, 2021, Parian, glaze, 39x16x10.5 cm. Photo by Kasper Agergaard
Revine, 2021, Parian, glaze, 40x13x13cm. Photo by Kasper Agergaard
Ripple, 2021, Parian, glaze, 42x 13×15 cm. Photo by Kasper Agergaard
Void I & II, 2023, Parian, glaze. Photo by Robert Damisch
Void I, 2023, Parian, glaze, 26x18x25 cm. Photo by Robert Damisch
Void III, 2023, Parian, glaze, 24.5x21x22 cm. Photo by Robert Damisch - Tephra Dark (half moon), 2021, 25 x 23 x 12cm. Porcelain, parian, glaze, silver. Photo by Sylvain Deleu
Tephra Dreams – Black Shadow, 2021, Recycled Porcelain, glaze. Wood fired. Photo by Kasper Agergaard
Tephra Dreams (Oribe), 2021, ø35cm. Porcelain, glaze. Woodfired. Photo by Kasper Agergaard
Tephra Dreams I Lustre, 2020, Ø35cm. Recycled porcelain, glaze. Photo by Sylvain Deleu
Tephra Dreams II Dark, 2021, Ø35cm. Recycled Porcelain, parian, silver, glaze. - Strata #001, 2020, Porcelain, pigment. (Each section) 13x10x13 cm. Photo by Kasper Agergaard
Strata #002, 2020, Porcelain, pigment. (Each section) 13x10x13.5 cm. Photo by Kasper Agergaard
Strata #003, 2020, Porcelain, pigment. (Each section) 13x10x15 cm. Photo by Kasper Agergaard
Strata #005, 2020, Porcelain, parian, glaze, 13x10x13 cm (each). Photo by Kasper Agergaard
