Northern Potters Association

The aim of the NPA is to encourage and support artists in the production of sculptural, functional, fine art and decorative studio pottery in all its forms throughout the North of England

Villeneau, Sarah

Through the primal and formless substance of clay, I create abstract sculptures suggestive of the human body as well as otherworldy or microscopic lifeforms and geological pattern, form and texture that are universal, a connecting thread throughout our known world. The textured clay and glaze surfaces, and the occasional inclusion of inorganic materials – nails, wire, pre-fired ceramics – might express fragility, imperfection, life’s journey. I approach my work intuitively; pushing and stretching the clay, letting it create its own shape which I build upon. The work is fired to stoneware in an electric kiln.