Rebecca Appleby, Ceramic Artist
Based in Leeds, West Yorkshire @ Beaverworks Studios, East Street Arts
Education
Batley School of Art and Design, West Yorkshire
Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland
Artist Statement
Random Order is a series of 2D & 3D work that explores the concept of structure, order and the antithesis-chaos and expression. The visual outcome of my work and choice of material/technique has changed according to the relative subject area of concentration.
My recent body of work, Random Order, looks at packaging and the belief that a simple box is symbolic of structure at it's most elegant. I have deconstructed structural package designs and reconstructed a series of simplified nets to create loose, open vessels that are fluid, organic and expressive. The multi layered surface uses linear qualities and mark making to emphasise and echo the balance in the form; rigid structural lines and blocks of colour juxtapose the erratic handwritten text and highly decorative floral decals.
Please browse through the images on the Gallery and 2D Galley pages.