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Psoriasis (from the Medical Heirlooms Collection) Sculpture
Sculpture, Ceramic on Ceramic
Size: 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 1 D in
About The Artwork
My work Medical Heirlooms explores the stigma of diseases, questioning contemporary obsessions with perfection and beauty. I have been manipulating the ceramic material in a way that emulates physiological processes, deliberately encouraging 'faults', 'defects' and 'blemishes.' These features add visual and tactual interest to the vessels, and are intended to mirror the interest and individuality that can be added to a person's appearance by scars, flaws or deformities from medical conditions (their health legacy). Based on 17th -18th century apothecary jars, the forms have strong historical and medical links, as well as providing the metaphor of vessel as body: they become containers for disease, rather than holding the cure. As family heirlooms, the jars can be passed down through the generations in the same way as hereditary medical conditions.
Details & Dimensions
Sculpture:Ceramic on Ceramic
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:0.4 W x 0.4 H x 1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Tamsin van Essen is a ceramic designer living and working in London. A graduate of Central Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art, she specialises in conceptual design and has recently been using the medium of ceramics to explore scientific, medical and social historic themes. Material experimentation is a strong characteristic of her work, probing how the material qualities of ceramics can be altered through unusual additions, and creative intervention into standard industrial and craft production processes. Her work sits at the interface between art and design, with one-off collectables and conversation pieces.
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