gail mahon
Ceramic artist, maker, curator, ideas whisperer and event organiser.........

Ceramics is my axis point from which I use to explore the balance and interrelationship between object, image and environment in both making and curation. I seek out the boundaries of both practices and observe the shift of roles in contemporary making to draw out the lyrical qualities within the works.

I love to play with the possibility in interaction and multiple part arrangements; using configurations, fragmented ideas, surreal elements in order to assemble objects, which reference themes of the subconscious, memory, incompleteness, structure and movement. Perceptions and dialogue in response to my work are open to be equally universal, transient and personal to the individual and audiences, allowing materials to communicate through our levels of familiarity and experience of them daily.

Throughout the creative journey I introduce found objects, constructed materials, work site specifically or use research to direct the flow of conversations between the work and the viewer. This challenges me to use a mix of approaches to create the works, whether its coiling, slab building, slip casting, press moulding, throwing or applying performance and interdisciplinary ideas in new terms.