Tessa Eastman, Erupting Red Midnight Cloud Cluster, 2019, Multiple glazed stoneware, 460x440x210 mm. Courtesy of Jason Jacques Gallery. Photo by Juliet Sheath Tessa Eastman, Erupting Purple Midnight Cloud Cluster, 2019, Multiple glazed stoneware, 460x440x210 mm. Courtesy of Jason Jacques Gallery. Photo by Juliet Sheath Tessa Eastman, Erupting Marshmallow Fluff Cloud Cluster, 2018, Multiple glazed stoneware, 350x370x240 mm. Private collection, courtesy of Pik’d Gallery. Photo by Juliet Sheath Tessa Eastman, Erupting Earth Cloud Cluster, 2016, Multiple glazed stoneware, 350x370x240 mm. Private collection, courtesy of Gallery Puls. Photo by Juliet Sheath Tessa Eastman, Cloudscape Turquoise Amber, 2017, Multiple glazed stoneware, 270x240x160 mm. Private collection, courtesy of Jason Jacques Gallery. Photo by Juliet Sheath
Tessa Eastman: Erupting Cloudscapes, 2016-2019
The Erupting Cloudscapes were created after the Baby Cloud Bundles. They incorporate multiple Baby Clouds assembled together in haphazard, systematical groupings. Some have the Baby Clouds erupting upwards such as Erupting Golden Cloud Cluster whilst others have more subtle eruptions such as Marshmallow Fluff Cloud Cluster. These ideas came to mind having observed mushroom shaped erupting clouds of debris, smoke and condensed water vapour resulting from a large explosion commonly associated with nuclear explosions.