Cambridge Edition September 2019

ARTS & CULTURE

Kettleโ€™s Yard is currently hosting the first solo exhibition of renowned ceramicist Jennifer Lee in the UK since 1994, featuring 40 works spanning her career, and including a number of new works made especially for Kettleโ€™s Yard. Described by Edmund de Waal as โ€œthe embodiment of place, complex and intrigueโ€, Leeโ€™s pots focus on the interaction between materials and elements, evoking ideas of time, place and process in a way that feels both ancient and contemporary. Lee is from Aberdeenshire and studied at Edinburgh College of Art. Her pots are hand-built, unglazed stoneware, with smooth surfaces and rich colours. The root of Leeโ€™s process lies in the earliest forms of vessel making and her pots are coloured by introducing raw metal oxides into the clay. The oxides react when the pots are fired to achieve the distinctive effects that are typical in her work. The exhibition is running until 22 September. kettlesyard.co.uk JENNIFER LEE: THE POTTERโ€™S SPACE

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