To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written

Link: Fiona Gray - Ceramic Artist and Illustrator .

LOVE LETTERS STRAIGHT FROM THE KILN             

"The fragility of letters  and the idea of sentiment and thoughts preserved in such a permanent way is a  powerful concept" Spaces magazine, February 2008
   
Have you ever wanted to write someone a love letter but the old fashioned pen and paper method is not for you? Or perhaps you have been tempted to peek at a secret letter written to someone else?

Ceramic artist and illustrator Fiona Gray has created an art form out of the loving words of others, and the desire of one person to peek at the thoughts of another. Her unique porcelain letter parcels offer the writer the chance to preserve their thoughts and feelings in a more permanent way than paper, at the same time seducing the viewer with a special intimacy with the written words.

Fiona came up with the idea of the letter parcels during her MA course in Ceramics, as she was interested in the hidden meanings within an artwork, leaving the viewer to question what was revealed but also questioning the concealed elements. She prints words from people’s letters and private thoughts, perhaps a diary entry or a letter written or received, and censors areas so the viewer is unable to read the whole letter, thus offering them the chance to fill in the blanks.

“It is that desire to reveal properties below the surface or picture plane, the sneak look or glance that is seduction; the intimacy between viewer and the artwork places the viewer, until the last possible moment, in the position of a voyeur.”

Title Quote: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

                                                   

 

Comments

[Di Overton]

Wow these are so clever. I so admire ceramicists that can make solid seem soft