Deborah Timperley

I make cast bone china pieces which are either mounted and framed for the wall or mounted on plinths. I cast from fabric. The fired bone china is left in its original white colour. I love working with textures and I look for 'interesting events in the surface' I like to include both the controlled, such as the weave and seams and also the random, for example, a stray thread. I am also exploring the way the material drapes and hangs, either as abstract pieces or as dresses. I use two methods - either I dip fabric in bone china slip, hang it to dry and then fire it so the fabric bums away in the kiln or alternatively I cast from fabric into plaster and then take a cast from this in bone china.