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grantsonnex.ceramics

Hand-built, sculptural ceramics inspired by landscape and natural forms. Member of @cotswoldsculptorsassociation

Work begins on ECOS, the sculpture that links ston

Work begins on ECOS, the sculpture that links stone age axes to the climate crisis, but what are the challenges in making something so large with a deadline just weeks away? Check out previous vids for the story so far. #ceramicsculpture #ceramicsculptures
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#ecoart #environmentalart #ecossculpture #ecosculpture

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#devon #visitdevon #dartmoor #prehistory #prehistoric #neolithic

#nailsworth #stroud

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ECOS Part 2. The making of a sculpture as it happe

ECOS Part 2. The making of a sculpture as it happens. Today .. inspiration to idea.. and the challenge ahead.

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(Full vid this time!) Less than 3 months to delive

(Full vid this time!) Less than 3 months to deliver the most ambitious outdoor sculpture I’ve done. 5000 years of history in one piece.. all starting from a stone age axe head. Will share the story as it happens. Here’s how it began ..

#ceramicsculpture #ceramicsculptures #contemporarysculpture #sculpturelovers #outdoorsculpture #sculpturegarden #ecoart #environmentalart #ecossculpture #ecosculpture #Ceramicvideo #Ceramicvideos #devon #visitdevon #dartmoor #prehistory #prehistoric #neolithic #Ceramicstudio #ceramicartist #Ceramicist #Clayartist #Claywork #Claylove #Claylife #nailsworth #stroud #britishmuseum

Saturday slip tests #ceramicsculpture #ceramicscul

Saturday slip tests #ceramicsculpture #ceramicsculptures #Handbuiltceramics

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#Inspiredbynature #inspiredbylandscape
#Artfromnature #Naturesculpture

#Clayartist #Claywork #Claylove #Claylife

Decided it’s time to make the cut. Sawed through

Decided it’s time to make the cut. Sawed through to leave the little spacers in place. Now it can dry better and is in kiln-sized chunks for firing. Will it ever go back together !?!?!?….

#WIP

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Drying okay so far #WIP #ceramicsculpture #ceram

Drying okay so far #WIP

#ceramicsculpture #ceramicsculptures #Handbuiltceramics

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#Inspiredbynature #inspiredbylandscape
#Artfromnature #Naturesculpture

#Clayartist #Claywork #Claylove #Claylife

Friday night and the pots are all looking a bit gl

Friday night and the pots are all looking a bit glazed #ceramicsculpture #ceramicsculptures #Handbuiltceramics

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#Inspiredbynature #inspiredbylandscape
#Artfromnature #Naturesculpture

#Clayartist #Claywork #Claylove #Claylife

Listen to the story of and plans for this stone ag

Listen to the story of and plans for this stone age axe-head figure @cotswoldsculptorsassociation @davidrabram #ceramicsculpture #ceramicsculptures #Handbuiltceramics

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#Inspiredbynature #inspiredbylandscape
#Artfromnature #Naturesculpture

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#Ceramicvideo #Ceramicvideos

Figure form from #neolithic ceremonial stone axe h

Figure form from #neolithic ceremonial stone axe head. 800mm high, so too large for the kiln. next stage is to slice it into sections, cut through like bedding planes in a rock face. Music by @hazeliushedin #WIP #ceramicsculpture #ceramicsculptures #Claysculpture #cotswoldsculptorsassociation

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#Inspiredbynature #inspiredbylandscape
#Artfromnature #Naturesculpture

#Clayartist #Claywork #Claylove #Claylife

Ideas and form develop #WIP #ceramicsculpture #cer

Ideas and form develop #WIP #ceramicsculpture #ceramicsculptures #Claysculpture #cotswoldsculptorsassociation

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#Inspiredbynature #inspiredbylandscape
#Artfromnature #Naturesculpture

#Clayartist #Claywork #Claylove #Claylife

If this were carved from stone you’d never get t

Base of 900mm #neolithic axe-head figure. Working

Base of 900mm #neolithic axe-head figure. Working at totally different scale and loving it. Different clay, different feel, different energy in the body. Scaling up from red clay form in last photo. Dreaming of/ working towards life size forms. Need more clay😂. #WIP #ceramicsculpture Ceramicstudio #ceramicartist #Ceramicist #Inspiredbynature #Artfromnature #Naturesculpture #Clayartist #Claywork #Claylove #Claylife

Fragmented moonlight #fullmoon #samemoon #moondoli

Fragmented moonlight #fullmoon #samemoon #moondolin #octavemandolin #jasspodspolska

I think that with small but significant refinement

I think that with small but significant refinements in shape and surface this piece may have come to a conclusion #Ceramicstudio #ceramicartist #Ceramicist #Inspiredbynature #Artfromnature #Naturesculpture #Clayartist #Claywork #Claylove #Claylife

Inspired by walking the ground enclosed by #neolit

Inspired by walking the ground enclosed by #neolithic earth banks and by the ever-changing views from Crickley Hill, Gloucestershire. The first site visited since buying the wonderful Aerial Atlas of Ancient Britain by @davidrabram. Increasing my sense of earth, stone, and belonging. Will see how it feeds into the work. #Inspiredbylandscape #ceramicartist #Ceramiclife #Ceramicist #Clayartist #Claywork #Claylove #Claylife

A moon by owl light #inspiredbynature #mooninwater

A moon by owl light #inspiredbynature #mooninwater #tawnyowl

I’ve enjoyed creating this form and played with

I’ve enjoyed creating this form and played with new ways of refining the surface, but I think it might need a companion to have meaning. See photo 5. #WIP

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The last piece of the year. A new form inspired b

The last piece of the year. A new form inspired by the Neolithic axe head found on the Sweet Track on the Somerset levels. Photo from the brilliant Aerial Atlas of Ancient Britain by @davidrabram #WIP #Clayartist #Claywork #Claylove #Claylife #neolithic

The work is like a flow of ideas - each piece only

The work is like a flow of ideas - each piece only as valid as a passing thought, but it is what underlies the thoughts that matters and is constant.
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More exploration of relationships #Ceramicstudio #

More exploration of relationships #Ceramicstudio #ceramicartist #Ceramicist #Inspiredbynature #Artfromnature #Naturesculpture #Inspiredbylandscape

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