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Fire and Water | Sculptures by Kay Aplin. Item made of ceramic
Fire and Water | Sculptures by Kay Aplin. Item made of ceramic
Fire and Water | Sculptures by Kay Aplin. Item made of ceramic
Fire and Water | Sculptures by Kay Aplin. Item made of ceramic
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Fire and Water | Sculptures by Kay Aplin. Item made of ceramic

Created and Sold by Kay Aplin

Kay Aplin

Fire and Water - Sculptures

Featured In Brighton, United Kingdom

Price from $1,000 to $12,000

Handmade

Recycled Materials

Natural Materials

Fire and Water is a continuation of Kay Aplin’s investigation into micro-flora which has been the focus of her practice since 2013. Kay used a digital microscope to magnify micro flora as the starting point for her tile-based designs, leading to the wall-mounted roundels of Asturian Flora in soda woodfired and oxidized porcelain which make up Fire and Water.

‘Fire’ refers to the woodfiring technique employed to fire the ceramics whilst ‘water’ references the site of a natural spring in Asturias, Spain, the source of the plants. The result is a mixed media experience that extends our understanding of form and texture in relation to landscape. The work was created for Collect 2019, Saatchi Gallery, London.

These pieces are available for sale or by commission (specific sizes can be made).
Composition: woodfired and oxidised porcelain tiles applied to steel with magnets.
Largest piece (honewort roundel): 1.25m diameter, turquoise piece (Toadlfax roundel) 0.85m, green (Moon Carrot roundel): 0.6m, blue (Milkwort roundel) 0.65m, smaller fire roundels (Hellibore 0.6m Tormentil 0.55m).

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Item Fire and Water
Created by Kay Aplin
As seen in Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
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Tiled features for interiors and exteriors

Kay Aplin graduated in 1995 from Chelsea College of Art, in Public Art and Design, specialising in ceramics and glass. For 25 years, Kay has had a successful career as an architectural ceramist, producing a distinct range of site-specific commissions predominantly for the public realm around the UK and internationally. Since 2008 she has been based in Brighton.

In recent years, Kay has been developing large-scale wall-based ceramic installations for exhibition and by commission. Her design process is informed by the use of a digital microscope to magnify botanical specimens and the use of soda wood firing techniques in porcelain to create flora-inspired work that responds to place.

In 2011, Kay initiated the award-winning project The Ceramic House, a pop-up gallery space, her home and a living showcase of her work, where she curates exhibitions of contemporary ceramics, featuring the work of emerging and leading international ceramists. Since 2016, The Ceramic House has become a centre for research into collaborative ceramic and sound art practice with an ongoing international residency and exhibition programme.

Kay has exhibited internationally at Kogei Triennial Kanazawa, Japan, Seoul Artspace Mullae, Korea European Ceramic Context, Denmark, Elit-Tile Triennial, Dominican Republic, British Ceramics Biennial and Collect Open.