Site 6. Lucy Tolan
Sorry, I’m unable to fire anything right now
Stoneware, glaze, underglaze
Blue Tile Vessel
L180 x W130 x H280 mm
Beige Tile Vessel
L160 x W160 x H140 mm
Black Tile Vessel
L170 x W130 x H240mm
lucytolan.com.au
︎lucytolanartist
Lucy Tolan is an artist based in Naarm (Melbourne). She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at RMIT in 2018 specialising in ceramics. Lucy wants her work to occupy the space where architecture and landscape meet. With repetitive patterns and bold colour, her objects are informed by modernist architecture and have textile like qualities, combining soft and hard. She is concerned with juxtaposing form and texture to create both tension and harmony. Lucy hand builds her work using a combination of pinch and slab building techniques. She collects and creates repetitive textures using natural and self-made objects.
Lockdowns have offered me the opportunity to pause and intimately sit with myself, reimagining my identity and perception of self. A time to dream about who I could be and want to be.
For this project I have used vessels created prior to lockdown, as I’m unable to fire new work during this time. The first was created in early 2020, another in March 2021 and the last in June 2021; it’s final firing occurred during the week between lockdown five and six. Each vessel contains memories of a different time, prompting reflection on my changing perception.
The construction of the vessels reflects a change in self as I encourage the making process to be as fluid as possible. I construct the vessels one tile at a time, allowing the form to be built up organically, changing with every new segment. If I’m bound to an idea of the finished vessel, I limit the opportunity for intricacies to occur as the object evolves.
Sorry, I’m unable to fire anything right now
Stoneware, glaze, underglaze
Blue Tile Vessel
L180 x W130 x H280 mm
Beige Tile Vessel
L160 x W160 x H140 mm
Black Tile Vessel
L170 x W130 x H240mm
lucytolan.com.au
︎lucytolanartist
Lucy Tolan is an artist based in Naarm (Melbourne). She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at RMIT in 2018 specialising in ceramics. Lucy wants her work to occupy the space where architecture and landscape meet. With repetitive patterns and bold colour, her objects are informed by modernist architecture and have textile like qualities, combining soft and hard. She is concerned with juxtaposing form and texture to create both tension and harmony. Lucy hand builds her work using a combination of pinch and slab building techniques. She collects and creates repetitive textures using natural and self-made objects.
Lockdowns have offered me the opportunity to pause and intimately sit with myself, reimagining my identity and perception of self. A time to dream about who I could be and want to be.
For this project I have used vessels created prior to lockdown, as I’m unable to fire new work during this time. The first was created in early 2020, another in March 2021 and the last in June 2021; it’s final firing occurred during the week between lockdown five and six. Each vessel contains memories of a different time, prompting reflection on my changing perception.
The construction of the vessels reflects a change in self as I encourage the making process to be as fluid as possible. I construct the vessels one tile at a time, allowing the form to be built up organically, changing with every new segment. If I’m bound to an idea of the finished vessel, I limit the opportunity for intricacies to occur as the object evolves.