"My research-based prac­tice exca­vates traces of mate­rial culture and social history by jour­neying into the biogra­phies of the land. Acts of collec­ting and re-distri­bu­ting are led by an urge to discover my surroun­dings. The mate­rial of clay provides the path into the lands­cape and what it holds. My prac­tice spans sculp­ture, drawing, lmma­king, photo­graphy and pain­ting. I intend to delve into the stories that certain places hold; within their commu­ni­ties and their long histo­ries, and within the land itself, its forma­tion. These stories are disco­vered through archaeo­logy, heri­tage and geology. The sour­cing of the mate­rials that form the works, the phys­ical jour­neys involved in this process are key to my prac­tice. My rela­ti­on­ship to clay has come from a personal affinity to the mate­rial and to craft. My inte­rest in clay is anchored in its use as both an expres­sive and func­ti­onal mate­rial. My rela­ti­on­ship to this mate­rial has grown to allow an under­stan­ding of connec­tion between people and their land, forming an expres­sion of the earth that supports us as being our inhe­ri­tance and so our foun­da­tion, our begin­ning and our end."

Lorna Phil­lips studied sculp­ture at Edin­burgh College of Art and the Esto­nian Academy of Arts in Tallinn from 2017 to 2021. She was recently honoured with the Houliston Craft Award and the Glen­fid­dich Resid­ency Award. Her work has been included in collective exhib­i­tions in Scot­land, Slov­enia and Estonia. Her first solo exhib­i­tion "100 Cups" was held at the Vent Space Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.

https://lorna­phil­lips.co.uk/

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