Julie Nelson Ceramics

I first put my hands on clay in 1998.

Julie nelson ceramics.

Hand built by julie using stoneware porcelain and mixed glazes from her studio in brighton uk. Her reverence for the natural world and refined classical approach to creation reference ancestral memories with the ties to the present. I did this degree many years ago now and i stayed in london for another 20 odd years. The work was originally conceived for and exhibited in an elegant edwardian house on grand avenue hove uk.

Flock is an installation of many hand made ceramic birds by artist julie nelson. I first came across her work in the form of an almost cubist style human hand. I went to college in london where i studied three dimensional design furniture glass silversmithing and ceramics. The flock project engaging asylum seekers and refugees in hands on workshops julie nelson led the creation of over 200 ceramic birds.

The city has a strong and sometimes uneasy relationship with birds from the murmurations of the pier s starlings to the constant sound of seagulls that. It soon started to consume my thoughts and my time. 3 075 followers 1 027 following 453 posts see instagram photos and videos from julie nelson julienelsonceramics. Her series of human hands is probably my favorite.

Hi i m julie nelson. Metallic glove 25 x 12 x 7cms. Presented here are images of the available studio pieces. I m a potter living in kiln mississippi.

However as abstract sculpture has come into fashion some of the more literal forms of symbolism has fallen to the side. Ceramicist julie nelson has her own way of taking a living thing and making them alive in another form. Ceramic art and artists spotlight. Julie nelson s ceramics and symbolism her work is a refreshing look at some of our most ancient symbols as she has put a modern twist on them.

Julie nelson ceramic sculpture our take on the mid century styled mushroom lamp this one is topped with a glass shade that has a layer of emerald glass on the outside and white glass on the inside standing on a sturdy black marble base. Crescent right sold 23 5 x 15 x 6ms and venule sold 17 x 12 x 7cms. Once i d done the ceramics that was it really. I grew up on the south coast in devon which is on the west side of the u k.

Since ancient times people have integrated symbolism and ceramics.