Ri creates a variety of hand-built ceramic art from installation work to individual pieces, figurative to biomorphic and abstract sculptures to organic vessels.  It is through this work that Ri explores and communicates the concepts and ideas that inform her world.  Her art takes on many guises; it may reflect her own inner state, it may tell the stories of others or it may be motivated by social, political and environmental issues. It is not just the form that inspires her but also the glaze and type of firing. She is constantly attracted to glazes and firings that are organic and often random in their finish. For example, ‘Raku firing is hot and exciting as you open the kiln at 1000-degrees, withdraw the glowing work, placing it in combustible materials and wait to see the result. The effects are inherently unpredictable and this is also a reflection of life; there are some elements we can control and others that we cannot. Giving over control to the firing process provides the final adrenal rush and excitement as you open the kiln to see the final collaboration between artist, materials and fire’

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