(2015-2016) This body of work explored capturing glimpses into unknown lives through windows in the evening. Rather than wanting to be voyeuristic or intrusive I was intrigued by the sense of warmth and life that a room without a person has.

I used black clay to capture the soft, shadowy, silhouettes of domestic buildings in the evening and the depth of darkness at night. I used coloured slips and inlayed porcelain in contrast to the black forms to portray glimmers of light and warmth emanating from windows in the evening. I layered abstracted drawings and monoprints onto the surface of the works referencing an abstracted view on a life we know little about. As you walked around the pieces you captured glimpses, much like if you were walking around streets at night.

These works range in height from 15cm - 33cm. Medium: Black stoneware clay, porcelain, coloured slips and underglaze. All photos courtesy of Emily Nicholls.

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