The Journey So Far

'Bleedin' Heart' 

So this is what I ve been making. Ornaments I guess. They mean more to me than that but that is another story for later.... my dear friend Emily Wilson and I are working on a written piece which will hopefully help me shed some light in that direction.  

'Death- Not as bad as you may think'

For me these ceramic objects are beautiful because they are free and energetic. They are as sincere as I can be in clay and with the skills I learned at college.  I have enjoyed every minuet of my clay quest, but I feel it's time to move on.....

Leyla Folwell. 'My work so far'. June 2010

My practice as an artist has become holistic. I am learning to look at my life as the art rather than the reverse. This body of work is the result of my need for a physical element of my self expression, but this is not a need exclusive to artists but to all people. Children feel free to express themselves through play and crafts but sadly at some point most of us loose this unselfconscious liberation. Laying dormant for years, being satisfied with the endless supply of 'dummies' our consumer society lays in front of us, we often reawaken half way through our life as the reality of our mortality starts to murmur.

What concerns me, is what do we miss in the mean time? And what are the consequences of our absence?

'Sanctuary'


 All these beautiful photographs were taken by the Italian Master Daniele Longo 

     http://www.danielelongo.co.uk/

Freedom on the Water

Leyla has a blog!

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