ANNA BARLOW
Anna Barlow has always been fascinated by the way we eat food, especially by the rituals around celebrational or indulgent treats that have developed; the way they are assembled, displayed and then eaten.
She is also interested in how food tells a story of the people and place it’s in. A full stand of ice creams could suggest a hot day or treats abandoned for some mysterious reason.
The beauty of food left to melt and ooze holds a fascination for her. It is something that is usually over looked and temporary but this can be captured and frozen in time with clay and glaze.
She has focused on ice cream as it is such a momentary and yet memorable treat that most of us have experienced and therefore can evoke memories of sensations and tastes, as well as prompt a fantasy of desired indulgences.
She is firstly inspired by the materials she uses. She finds that clay, porcelain and glaze have so many wonderful possibilities and often translate well to represent food.
This is the reason she likes to work with the materials’ own properties, for example, the dry translucency of high fired porcelain suits the biscuit texture of wafers and ice cream cones, while the colourful liquidity of a silky opaque earthenware glaze is used to capture the quality of dripping ice cream.
Her aim is to combine these techniques to create a “visual edibility” to her work; it is up to the imagination of the viewers as to how they will taste.
☁ ANNA BARLOW @ LE ROYER
☁ ANNA BARLOW @ BICHA
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