Karen Young

Studio 34

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Sculpted Ceramics

Working with clay as my medium, I specialise in forms that focus on colour, texture and sculptural elements. Embellishments, after the glaze firing process, are often in the form of lustres, metallic pastes, and gold or bronze leaf. My work playfully subverts seemingly functional forms into non-functional pieces, using a multi-layered approach of wheel, hand building and sculptural techniques. I am not afraid to explore the fantastical, sometimes darker aspects of our psyche.  I have recently been exploring the themes of mythology, the natural world and the ocean, always with a twist!

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Les Fleurs du Mal 1
H17cm W20cm D 20cm
Glaze decorated stoneware with the addition of gold leaf

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Turqouise Seedpod
Modelling Stoneware H8cm W10cm D10cm
Finished with bronze leaf

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Dragon
Modelling stoneware L20cm W17cm
Sculpted shape, formed from 3 joined pieces, decorated with cobalt oxide slip

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The Wave
Stoneware clay H15cm W24cm D21cm
Made of 2 pieces: formed sculptural wave using multiple coloured slips, and resting on a thrown shaped cylinder

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Tall Cylinder Vases
Thrown stoneware with sculptural additions H38cm
Sold as a pair

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Flower with stamens
Modelling stoneware H17cm W19cm
Sold with stand

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Suspended Seed Pods
Modelling stoneware D18cm W13cm H13cm
Sculpted hand joined piece, finished with pearl lustre finish

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Flower Worm
Modelling stoneware L14cm
Sculpted piece finished with pearl lustre

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Centipede
Modelling Stoneware L13cm
Sculpted from from one integral piece of clay

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Jug with large handle
Stoneware clay H29cm
Thrown form with hand shaped lip and handle

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Jug with slip decoration finish
Stoneware clay H23cm

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Jug with volcanic glaze
Stoneware clay H30cm
Part thrown, part hand built vessel

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Large Seed Pod
Earthenware clay H13cm W15cm D15cm
Hand sculpted from one integral piece of clay using coloured slips

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Jug with gold and bronze leaf
Stoneware clay H27cm

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Shaped small bowl with fins
Stoneware clay H8cm W10cm D10cm
Thrown and shaped bowl with the addition of sculpted fins

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Hommage à Matisse
Stoneware clay H34cm
Tall composite thrown vase with sgraffito’d figures, decorated with intense red slip, and gold wax paste

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Head of Achilles from the Oceanbed
Modelling stoneware H20cm D15cm
Hand coiled piece with sculpted additions

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Blue Sculpted Flower
Modelling Stoneware clay H20cm W20cm
Sold with stand

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Teapot with Four Drinking Vessels
Stoneware Clay Teapot H18cm W20cm D14cm Vessels H6cm D7cm W7cm
Thrown teapot and drinking vessels with sculptural and imprinted additions

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Large Chalice Bowl
Ashraf Hanna clay W24cm B24cm H12cm
Hand sculpted, from one integral piece, using pearl and liquid platinum lustres

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Les Fleurs du Mal 2 - large bowl
Stoneware clay H34cm W30cm
Part thrown, part hand built with sculptural additions; back of bowl finished with liquid gold lustre Sold with stand

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