photo: Aisha Al Saif
photo: Jay Dacey
photo: Aisha Al Saif
photo: Aisha Al Saif
photo: Aisha Al Saif
photo: Aisha Al Saif
photo: Jacqueline Garget
photo: Aisha Al Saif
photo: Jay Dacey
photo: Jay Dacey
photo: Jay Dacey
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The Anatomy of Transformations

Artist in Residence in the Anatomy Department at King's College London, collaborating with Dr Richard Wingate.

This project explores how anatomy can be understood as a series of transformations, focusing on the different layers of material, developmental and dimensional processes involved. The novel approach is to view anatomy as an act rather than a topic of study, through interpreting the transformative acts of preservation, digitisation, dissection, reassembly and display. In parallel, I examine the mechanics and aesthetics of physical transformations involved in ceramics, and what these can convey metaphorically and physically through texture, surface, structure and form.

This project was funded by the Crafts Council's Innovation Programme (Parallel Practices) and King's Cultural Insititute.

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Tamsin van Essen
Ceramicist London, United Kingdom