Suna Imre 'Abundant'

Dimensions: H 26cm x W 24cm 

Materials: Stoneware and oxides

Method: Coiled

Care: Not watertight

Description

This vessel, adorned with the imprint of tree bark from the artist’s garden, celebrates organic forms and the natural world. Possessing an organic form that extends to a large opening, this vessel echoes something both ancient and constant, inspiring stillness and appreciation for our own personal connections with the environment. 

About the Artist

Suna is of British and Turkish heritage and resides in the UK. Before moving into fine art and ceramics,   she spent 15 years creating dance installation, performance and film. Specialising in improvisation,  her works were rooted in spontaneous composition - the work continuously unfolding into the present moment. Working in clay and ink has been a natural evolution - the tactility, immediacy and spontaneity of the materials  resonating with her  background in improvisation and dance.

Whilst the first chapter of her  life was rooted in finding expression and presence through movement, the second chapter has been about allowing more stillness and silence in her life through a growing interest and commitment to Zen and meditation practice  This has brought clarity to her arts practice and  has led her to create objects that, for varying lengths of time, exist in the world - a departure from the ephemeral, transient nature of dance.The natural world, and her relationship to it, remains her  constant focus.