NATALIA SHAW-FERNANDEZ

Cluster Exhibitor | Cluster Crafts | 2022

 

Orb vases | 2022

 

Natalia is a part-time ceramicist who started her journey 4 years ago, with the intention to create artwork from start to finish. Having an illustrative background allowed her to express herself through surface decoration, only this time she decided to take a step further by creating the surfaces herself that she could then decorate.

 
 

Orb vases | 2022

 

Orb vase | 2022

Looking to create ceramic art that is refreshing, decorative and functional, my aim is always to bring a unique approach to my ceramics. I believe it is important, as a ceramicist, to create pieces that can be handled and used by individuals in day-to-day life.
— Natalia Shaw-Fernandez
 
 

Black orb vase | 2022

Having no prior experience with clay, she completed her HND in Ceramics. She experimented with different techniques but found herself drawn to slip casting. Being such a versatile method, she was able create many individual, innovative and stylistic forms.

 

Large white orb vase | 2022

 

Orb vases | 2022

Small Lavender Blue orb vase | 2022

 
My vision of the plump, voluminous, spherical formations derive from the interest I have in Neotenic and Chubby Design. By softening the rigidity of contemporary objects, I have attempted to manipulate these soft structures and create visual and visible comfort for the individual.
— Natalia Shaw-Fernandez
 
 

She combined this method with her interest in neotenic and chubby design to create spherical, plump ceramics.

Orb vases | 2022

White orb vase | 2022

This collection is a series of slip cast ‘Orb’ Vases. Each piece is individually slip trailed to create a tactile surface decoration. Creating a tactile body of work, you are invited to touch each ceramic piece and enjoy your own sensory experience with my ceramics.
— Natalia Shaw-Fernandez