Multiples and Modules Project/Artist Inspiration

This project is interesting first because I didn't know there was such a difference between multiples and modules. Multiples usually emphasize color/surface treatment and often say a statement with the way their components are arranged. Modules have many more pieces (our project needs at least 100 components) and is purely focused on maintaing a visually rhythmic arrangement. It's exciting to get into some more technical terminology!

While on Pinterest( I have re-surfaced my account for this class) I came across this fantastic picture:

This was exactly perfect in all ways artistic for what I was looking for inspiration! The artist is Fenella Elms, and on visiting her website there were many other pieces I loved:

 

 

Fenella Elms says her constant travels and frequent change of residences as a child helped contribute to an amount of adaptability and a sense of curiosity. She undertook psychoanalytical training, and  her past career in mental health influences her work: a subconscious approach with clay. Noticing the similar mindfulness of the enabling what it hidden to emerge and the formation of new patterns, Elms says she felt she couldn't make something with just one part. Fenella Elms was first introduced to clay by a Lucy Rie exhibit in 1981. Working at workshops and classes she eventually got a wheel in 2004 and began the teaching that college offered her. She has been featured in multiple magazines, had designs in 2007 which lead to become factory made samples in China, and last year was featured in a review of the best from London Design Week.
Feel free to visit her website, and thanks for sharing your work with us Fenella Elms!