Tessa Eastman

I enjoy the challenge of creating complex arrangements in clay using various hand building construction methods.

Observations of the often overlooked detail of cloud, bone, crystal and microscopic plant systems form a starting point to producing curious sculptures.

I‘m excited by the strange otherworldliness of natural phenomena which transports me away from the mundane. It is intriguing when regular and repetitive sequences found in organisms transmute to create a feeling of awkwardness, where static form can seem alive.

The dissimilarity of geometry and irregularity, order and chaos, soft and hard, evoke awareness of the impermanent state of human emotions and the ever evolving life cycle.

Glaze colour and surface are important in adding character to pieces.

I glaze fire numerous times and use glossy and dry glazes that have coarse and smooth effects.

I aim for forms to be beautiful in a bizarre manner so as to aid the appreciation of life’s absurdities where things don't always make sense.