A ‘hand woven’ sculpture shaped by the heat of the kiln to bring the viewer inside the built environment. 

Petersen creates these delicate structures by weaving a stainless steel or metal mesh which she then dips into ceramic slip. The sculptural distortions created by the intense heat of firing, create pieces that are at once unexpected, beguiling and uncomfortable - confronting us with the fragility of our constructed world and issues of living on the edge of safety through sculptures with a rare and delicate beauty. 

Created for Collect 2025, ‘All in Vain’ is one of an ongoing series of sculptures created by Petersen to highlight the inadequacies and inequalities of our current housing system. 

With the addition of black crystals and gold highlights to meet our curatorial theme of Black and Gold, she extends that conversation to denote the mould that creeps across the surface of inadequate housing, but adds gold to reflect the hope for change. 

This piece is no longer for sale but, if you would like to commission a similar piece, please enquire below. 

Barely There (2) - a ceramic sculpture created from a hand woven metal mesh dipped in ceramic slip and fired at high temperature to create the distortions seen within the sculpture. 

With an almost ethereal quality, the sculptures are both beautiful, beguiling and thought provoking.

A response to the curatorial brief of Black and Gold, Barely There (2) is part of a continuing series of work where Petersen draws our attention, through art, to the fragility of our built environment and the experience of many as they live on the edge of safety in inadequate housing. 

Drawing attention to these issues is a fundamental element of Petersen's work, but in doing so she creates pieces of intricate detail and with the meticulous attention to detail and experimentation that is typical of this emerging and gifted ceramicist. 

The stone is infused with copper during the firing process to enhance the natural colours and textures of rock found on the coastline of North Wales. The abstract form captures the ‘movement’ of rock and seaweed seen through the surface water of a rock pool, referencing the texture, colour and form of coral. 

A detailed study in clay, inspired by the heavy millstones crafted from ancient stone and etched by the milling of grain.

Made by using a range of hand building techniques, the clay is carved to create copper ribbons of clay from one focal point. Multiple layers of glaze are then added to amplify its authentic stone character. 

The works are high fired and are suitable for any interior or exterior spaces.

She applies multiple glazing's to the slabbed and heavily carved clay to amplify the volcanic aesthetic while the addition of copper, titanium and vanadium oxides under and over the glazing's, creates additional colour and focus within the sculpture.