Lauren Nauman
11 3/4 x 9 7/8 in
She received her M.A in Ceramics and glass from the Royal College of Art and has exhibited throughout London including at Talent 2016 Craft Central and Collect at the Saatchi Gallery. Click here to find out more about her intriguing practice.
Lauren works with the traditional industrial method of slip casting using plaster moulds, which are used for shapes not easily made on a wheel. Lauren’s clay structures are carefully disassembled from a mould and fired under the intense heat of the kiln, where they bend and curve into an entirely new wire-like structures.
In an interview with the Telegraph she says of her work; "I don’t really decide on the final shape. …the form of each piece stems from minute details in the making, but mostly depends on chance."
Working initially in black and white, Nauman has since added a pastel pink and a sage grey to her palette. She then adds strips of brass to some vessels, after they have been fired, juxtaposing the reflective metal with the smooth, matt strips of porcelain.
A ceramicist who pushes the boundaries of traditional ceramics, Lauren is a project based-ceramicist, who makes works ranging from decorative to functional objects. Delicate in appearance, with ribbons of porcelain (that seem to defy the very nature of porcelain) intertwine delicately to form a cage-like design in soft neutral shades.
Education…
She received her M.A in Ceramics and glass from the Royal College of Art and has exhibited throughout London including at Talent 2016 Craft Central and Collect at the Saatchi Gallery. Click here to find out more about her intriguing practice.
Technique…
Lauren works with the traditional industrial method of slip casting using plaster moulds, which are used for shapes not easily made on a wheel. Lauren’s clay structures are carefully disassembled from a mould and fired under the intense heat of the kiln, where they bend and curve into an entirely new wire-like structures.
Delicate and Desirable…
In an interview with the Telegraph she says of her work; “I don’t really decide on the final shape. …the form of each piece stems from minute details in the making, but mostly depends on chance.”
She adds strips of brass to some vessels, after they have been fired, juxtaposing the reflective metal with the smooth, matt strips of porcelain.
One of the rising stars of ceramic sculpture with her delicate ceramic porcelain vessels, recent press coverage of Lauren Nauman’s work has been included the Daily Telegraph, The Evening Standard, House and Garden, the cover of Ceramic Review, to name but a few.”My work explores the boundaries within clay through experimental processes. I start with the industrial method of plaster moulds and slip-casting; however, I don’t always use these in traditional ways. With my current project Lines, I use metal as an aesthetic reference and material contrast. An additive method is used to create pieces with minimal amounts of clay. This body of work became an engaging display of how clay moves in the kiln. The suggestions of vessels start out as straight cages of wet clay and through the power of the kilns heat and the pyroplasticity of the clay, they move like fabric to evolve into a wire-like sculpture that still holds the materiality of porcelain. Due to this process, the final form of each piece stems from minute details in the making, but mostly depends on chance.”
Exhibitions
2017 Young Masters, Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, London,Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Autumn, with Lisa Norris Gallery, Battersea Evolution, London, UKFuture Heritage,
Decorex International, Syon Park, London,
UKYoung Masters Art Prize Shortlist Exhibition 2017, Gallery 8, Duke Street, London,
UKOne Year On, New Designers, Business Design Centre, London,
UKRising Stars, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey, UKPotters Council Juried Show at NCECA, Portland, Oregon, USACeramic Art London, Central Saint Martins, London,
UKCollect with Flow Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK2016Showcase at Flow Gallery, Needham Road, London, UKTalent! 2016, Craft Central, London,
UKWhite Canvas, Mint, London,
UKTransform Effect, Korea Craft & Design Foundation Insa-dong, Seoul, South Korea
Sculpture at Doddington Hall, Doddington, Lincoln, Lincolnshire,
UKShow16 Royal College of Art, London, UKIn Context, Preston Fitzgerald’s, 7 Wetherby Gardens , London, UK
The Emerging and the Established Christie's South Kensington, London, UKAWARDS2017 Highly Commended, Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramics Prize
John Lewis LOVES, New DesignersCeramic Art London’s Newcomer Winner by Ceramic Review2016 R J Washington Bursary Tate Modern’s Switch House, finalist in tableware competition
2015 Woo Scholarship, RCA Ceramics & GlassCOLLECTIONSDoddington Hall, Ceramic collection,
Acquired 2016, Doddington, Lincolnshire, UK
Korea Ceramic Design Association, Acquired 2016, Seoul, South Korea
RESIDENCIES2017 Collective Matter, Sugarhouse Studios, London, UK
2014 Project Network, Guldagergaard, Denmark
Education
2014-16M.A. Ceramics and Glass, Royal College of Art London, UK2008-12B.A. Studio Art and Art Education, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, USAExhibitions
2018 The Glorious Object, Curated by Rodger Stevens, Patrick Parrish Gallery, New York
2018 Making It Now, Ruthin Craft Centre, Gallery 3, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
2017 February 2-6 Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK2017 March 31- April 2, Ceramic Art London, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2016 Showcase at Flow Gallery, Needham Road, London, UKTalent! 2016, Craft Central, London, UK
White Canvas, Mint, London, UK
Transform Effect, Korea Craft & Design Foundation Insa-dong, Seoul, Korea
Sculpture at Doddington Hall Doddington, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK
Show16 Royal College of Art, London, UK
In Context, Preston Fitzgerald’s, 7 Wetherby Gardens , London, UK
The Emerging and the Established Christie’s South Kensington, London, UK
RCA School of Material Work-in-progress Show Royal College of Art, London, UK
Off Centre, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, Kensington, London, UK
Still Life, Snug Gallery, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, UK
2015 Ceramic Art London, Student Exhibition Royal College of Art, London, UKRCA School of Material Work-in-progress Show Royal College of Art, London, UK
2014 Project Network 2014/II Guldagergaard, DenmarkEducation
2014-16M.A. Ceramics and Glass, Royal College of Art London, UK2008-12B.A. Studio Art and Art Education, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, USAExhibitions
2018 The Glorious Object, Curated by Rodger Stevens, Patrick Parrish Gallery, New York
2018 Making It Now, Ruthin Craft Centre, Gallery 3, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
2017 February 2-6 Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK2017 March 31- April 2, Ceramic Art London, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2016 Showcase at Flow Gallery, Needham Road, London, UKTalent! 2016, Craft Central, London, UK
White Canvas, Mint, London, UK
Transform Effect, Korea Craft & Design Foundation Insa-dong, Seoul, Korea
Sculpture at Doddington Hall Doddington, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK
Show16 Royal College of Art, London, UK
In Context, Preston Fitzgerald’s, 7 Wetherby Gardens , London, UK
The Emerging and the Established Christie’s South Kensington, London, UK
RCA School of Material Work-in-progress Show Royal College of Art, London, UK
Off Centre, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, Kensington, London, UK
Still Life, Snug Gallery, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, UK
2015 Ceramic Art London, Student Exhibition Royal College of Art, London, UKRCA School of Material Work-in-progress Show Royal College of Art, London, UK
2014 Project Network 2014/II Guldagergaard, DenmarkLiterature
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Homes & Gardens, October 2017
House & Garden, October 2017
The Telegraph, January 2017
The Telegraph, July 2016
