Watch Emma Plunkett making art!
Finding Form Through Play After more than thirty years as a professional artist, I've realised that my best sculptures don't begin with certainty but with curiosity. Where Do My Ideas Come From? People often think that I have a huge imagination. The honest answer is that it's less about knowing beforehand what I'm going to [...]
What I make I make high-fired, feminine ceramic forms and give them high-ranking titles – Goddess, Queen and Duchess. I like contrasts – rough and smooth textures, matte and shiny glazes, and geometric shapes juxtaposed with organic forms. I work with cast body parts like fingers and bottoms, and I'm also inspired by what I [...]
This is my story about how I transform mud and minerals into high fired, glazed, sculptural forms. It's a bit of a process that I've been doing for a few decades now. My main concern is with shape, texture and colour. I like to contrast the rough with the smooth. Watch me working in this [...]