Possibilities

Installation shot of Possibilities, Together We rise, Chichester Cathedral 2022 The group of large ceramic vessel shapes echo the form of the chalice in the German Anglo Tapestry relating to the miracle story of St Richard. These vessel shapes have gone through a process indicated by the story of the dropped yet unspilled chalice. Each vessel was hand built out of clay, filled with colourful slip (liquid) then dropped or tipped over while still soft. The distorted and damaged vessel shapes were then fired. They show a remanence of the liquid they contained and the deformation created through the drop. The fired ceramic shapes are displayed in a group in the area in front of the tapestry and the shrine. They might bring to the surface a moment of losing and retaining, breaking and healing, dropping and saving.