Natasha Daintry
"‘My thrown forms are pared-down and minimal. Their potency comes from a tension of opposites. They defy gravity with their floating pale rims but are also steeped in a visceral materiality. The glazes are fat. They overflow, and roll plumply around bases with an edible quality, like luminous lemon curd. I revel in the exhilarating risk of making technically demanding large forms to show off porcelain’s muscular power and simultaneous delicacy. The scattered cylinders are tiny but intense, like Persian miniature paintings."
Working in London
1986-1989 University of Cambridge, BA (Hons) Japanese
1992-1995 Surrey Institute of Art & Design, BA (Hons) Three Dimensional Design
2000-2002 Royal College of Art, London, MA Ceramics & Glass
“Colour is pivotal. I try to harness the near physical power it has to immerse you, like being in water. I want to know if that luminous space inside a bowl, where the colour hovers, can increase in intensity. I combine the cool transparent qualities of old Chinese glazes with the hot raw brashness of modern industrial stain colorants. I pursue subtle translucencies as well as strange milky oranges or violent opaque yellows bordering on lime. Inspired by the ancient architecture of ziggurats I stack colour and rely on the way one colour reacts with another to create a kinetic vibrancy, like an electrical charge.”
Natasha Daintry’s work can be found in the following public collections:
Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
Gallery Oldham, Oldham, Greater Manchester
Nottingham Castle Museum, Nottingham,
Touchstones Rochdale, Rochdale, Greater Manchester
Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria
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