National Emerging Art Prize
In Your Absence, stoneware chair sculpture by Emily Brookfield. Image captured by artist.
I have just completed a new chair sculpture and have entered it into the National Emerging Art Prize.
It has so much movement for a static object that I can see it becoming conscious and walking away. I wanted to go bigger with my chair sculptures and this is the biggest chair I’ve made so far (hand for scale in hero image). My ambition is to go even bigger but this was the largest my kiln could accomodate. I thoroughly enjoyed the making process for this particular piece. Being more fluid with my surface treatments and exploring a more experimental approach. There’s something really satisfying about intuitive making. Allowing the medium to guide my hand instead of trying to make it conform to what I believe it should be.
In Your Absence
Stoneware, glaze, oxides, lustre
H x 36.5cm W x 21cm D x 16cm
This piece was selected as a finalist in the ceramics category of the 2024 National Emerging Art Prize.
Opening event
30 October at the Garden Gallery, Royal Botanical Gardens Sydney.
