Portfolio
From Earth to Air – Masters Project
In her MA Ceramics Master’s Project, Isabella created 3D-printed and slip-cast wild-clay sculptures exploring the relationship between gathered materials, location and biodiversity.
Her forms are enlarged scans of twigs found at clay dig sites, with surface textures created from digitally manipulated images of avifauna encountered while gathering materials.
Her work invites the viewer into her world, offering a glimpse of her experience in the woods collecting clay, observing wildlife, and translating these encounters into 3D-printed sculptural arrangements.
‘No Mugs AlloweD’ – Collaborative Project with Denby Pottery
During her MA Isabella collaborated with Denby Pottery to design a multi-functional incense burner. The brief was to design a product that was focused outside of the kitchen, to push Denby’s boundaries.
She combined extensive market research and trend-report analysis with archival research to produce her concept, developing the product digitally, through 3D software and physically through various modelling and production techniques including; glaze testing and piercing.
Her final piece was a 3-part incense burner with a second function as a container. It can also be used as a tea-light holder and dried flower vase
Vessel – Tools and Techniques
The vessel is an object which has the purpose or intention of holding something. The urn was the vessel that Isabella explored during this project. She designed her urn with the purpose of holding her cremated remains when she passes on. It was intended to create a connection between her and the people who might interact with it in the future.
Every single element of the design and materials says something about her life and, history from her influences, to the techniques she has learnt as a manufacturing operative in the ceramics industry, as well as representing her physical form through the use of 3D scanning and creating moulds from 3D prints of her arms and head.
Kevala Ceramics Design brief
Isabella was set a brief by Balinese ceramics brand Kevala Ceramics to create a line extension to their Taksu range. She developed a lidded jar to sit alongside their collection of decorative homeware.
The shape and decoration are inspired by traditional Balinese dancer’s costumes and movements, creating a celebration of this rich culture through a gilded ceramic hero piece to compliment the collection.
