All my work is conceived from life experiences that my brain translates and expresses into shapes.
Though I begin with a specific visual and emotional context in mind, the joy for me is when the creative process leads me to new and unexpected places.
I work with plaster and found materials and objects. I love the versatility and immediacy of plaster, of applying it directly with my hands, its tactile and textural nature. My use and choice of objects is done with intention and purpose and becomes an integral part of the shaping of the piece as a whole.
Although my work is very personal and specifically meaningful to me, I actually prefer the viewer to draw their own interpretation and love it when this leads them somewhere perhaps very different from my original intention so the piece then takes on a life of its own.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
Blobs,Unit 7, Camberwell,London 1987
Cruxifixction, St.Ethelredas, ElyPlace, London 1985
Dimming Light, sponsored by Dee Van Dyke and Jerry Zivan, Atlanta Georgia 1980
Group Shows
Camberwell Arts Festival, Open Studio, featured artist Gloria Carlos, Paul Ashurst,
Jo Lewis, Bol Marjoram 2019
Camberwell Arts Festival, Open Studio, featured artist Gloria Carlos, Paul Ashurst 2018
A Private View, curated Gloria Carlos, featured artist, Paul Ashurst, Gloria Carlos, Conny Prantera, Clare Price,Tim Harris, St.Georges Residences, London 2015
Clerkenwell Green Winter Open, London, 2008
Adams Gallery London 1986,1987
All That Glitters, Scream Gallery, London 2006
Acer Pseudoplatanus, Installation, curated by Gloria Carlos, featured artist- Michael Petry,
Phyllida Barlow, Sharon Kivland, John Coleman, Matthew Frith, Debbie Duffin,
Gloria Carlos,Sydenham Hill Woods 1993
Featured Work
Original rings featured in HBO 'The Nevers"
Original rings and necklace worn by Cher, in the movie 'Mamma Mia 2 Here We Go Again'
Original ring and bracelet featured on the HBO series 'Game of Thrones', worn by the
character Daenery Targaryen played by Emilia Clarke
Decorative skull featured on the television series Da Vinci Demons
Publications
'Makers Magic' How to Develop Your Voice in Designing Art Jewellery, by Connie Fox, 2014
Acer Pseudoplatanus : Sydenham Hill Wood, catalogue intro: Gloria Carlos,
Essay: Michael Petry, '1993'
Awards
Holts Academy of Jewellery: 'Special Award for Innovation' 2009
