Path and Inspiration
Sylvia bell ceramics celebrates the humour, eccentricity and colour of swimmers and socialites who populate London’s lido’s. This mix of decorative and functional glazed stoneware pieces feature charming full and partially submerged caricatures in colourful costumes.
Functional ware continues the theme of the colourful lido’s and seaside resorts.Process and Practice
My ceramic pieces are a way to create stress relief from my main role as a senior nurse in the NHS.
Having previously focused on form whilst throwing, my current studio environment has pushed me to move into hand built work and especially sculpting small caricatures. As a keen wild swimmer, I’ve been inspired by the passion and individuality that this past time brings out in people.
Currently exploring surrealist view of bodily forms and the the shapes these create.
