Ceramics Dissected With Surgical Instruments By Beccy Ridsdel
UK-based artist Beccy Ridsdel sculpts mind-provoking ceramics altered with freaky surgical instruments, revealing the layers within. “ This work was based on the (age-old) art/craft debate,” explains Ridsdel. “I chose to make a series of definitely craft objects – bone china plates, mugs, jugs – and ‘dissect’ them to see what was beneath. ”
Her surgical examination, using scalpels, lab coats, needles and microscope, showed the artist that her craft actually held art within it. “ I was turning a table full of craft objects into an artwork in its own right, it had a point beyond the technique, beyond the thing themselves. ”
