Edmund de Waal *

Edmund de Waal 

I came across his work when watching 'What Artists Do All Day'. Looking at his work, it could be seen as home wear,  there are pots and plates of all different sizes. His pieces become sculptural though repetition, lots of the same objects together makes the pieces feel powerful. There's something quite peaceful and still about his work which I'm drawn to, the small fragile pieces makes me feel that I have to be quiet.

His work is something that I want to take into my own work, the use of repetition and simplicity. 

In C, 2015

Lettres de Londres: à Ferney, installation view, 2016

The backdrop for his work I think helps make it, as well as how its displayed. The space used shows how it can be almost as important as the work  itself, I think this is more so when it comes to contemporary art. His art looks so much like the pots that you would buy in a shop, that they could just be seen as that, but putting them into an exhibition space makes them feel like they are art pieces, which they are. 

Ten thousand things, for John Cage, X, 2015

A lecture on the weather, 2015

What I really like about his work is how he displays the work. You can only see one side of the work as it's been shown on a shelf, this to me makes it feel a little bit like home ware. With the mixture of the material and size of the pieces give them a fragile but also vulnerable feel. His work has a very calm vibe to it, which comes across in all his work. The colours of his pieces play a big part of it, I don't think that his art would have the same affect if it was differently coloured. His pieces are all hand made out of clay on a spin table, in some of the pieces to can see marks made my his fingers. 

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I like how his work has a handmade finish, sometimes peoples work looks so tidy that it feels mass-produced. I also like how each pieces is different in a way from the one next to it. They all have their own personalities
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