Ceramicist and artist Sarah Glover plays with the characteristics
of strength and delicacy with her ornate porcelain creations.
Her special interests lie in trying to create structures
that seem almost unbelievably fragile.

Glover had many creative outlets before clay became a part
of her world, but she has found that the material allows her to express herself through movement and form rather than words. She explains
that she finds comfort in the familiarity and ubiquity of clay, but then works to disrupt this familiarity with pieces that require attention and care
in order to avoid breaking or damaging.

Her work also invites the viewer to take a closer look. By creating
these seemingly impossible structures, Glover explores the sculptural boundaries of clay and its ability to tell material stories.

“I am continuously in awe of porcelain’s storytelling properties,” she says, “which have been utilised by man since the dawn of our history
and continues to furnish artists and designers with the means to question and explore our existence.”

Glover enjoys the tentative and engaged response that her work fosters. Nervous of the pieces’ fragility, and yet eager to touch and experience their tactile qualities, the forms create internal conflict and curiosity
the onlooker.

Her fascination with the material world also acts
as a metaphor for her interest in the structures of society and the creation of systems within which people
and culture functions. Glover believes that the fragility
of clay – and that it can easily be broken – 
serves to remind us of our own physicality.

“This fragility causes an uneasiness; it magnifies
the relationship with both the objects and the larger world around us, allowing the audience to pause and reflect upon the nature of stability.” she explains. “I truly love this experimental way of working,
and it is the risk and unpredictability that excites
me and drives this exploration of clay.”

Joshua Woof of Nuvo Porcelain also uses porcelain
as a medium for storytelling and understanding
the physical world. In his sculptural pieces,
Woof explores texture and colour and creates truly multidimensional physical experiences.

Like Glover, Woof intends his work to create stories
and to forge links between the natural and the manmade worlds. He also works exclusively in porcelain
because the material has the same pull on him as Glover: its honesty and the otherworldly feel that can be created through its natural strength and lightness.