Rebecca creates objects of beauty that allude to the natural world, researching structural and decorative elements that combine the organic with the geometric. Originally inspired by patterns in the sedimentary rocks of Hunstanton Cliffs in Norfolk, she has developed a layered design which she translates into all landscapes she responds to. These include places she has visited, responding to colours, textures, and markings to create an ‘atmosphere’ of the landscape, or environments depicted by professional photographers. She focuses on the formation of linear repeating patterns present in the natural world and how they can be altered and abstracted when perceived from an aerial perspective. She is also drawn to patterns in micro environments like the crevices and contours of wood, bark, and rock, comparing the similarities to macro patterns through alteration of perspective also. She translates these markings into designs to incorporate into layers, continuing to explore contrast between dense pattern, sparse designs, solid colour, simplicity of form, with complexity of the interior.
Rebecca is driven by aesthetics and was drawn to glass initially because of its beautiful materiality, its transparency, fluidity, and light reflective qualities, enabling experimentation with depth and the interior, exploiting the material’s unique aspects. Her sculptures are made by casting layers of glass together in moulds, separate colour application through fusing frits, powders, and experiments with platinum leaf. Kiln firing takes four days to two weeks, and six stages of grinding and polishing are required to achieve high levels of clarity.
Instagram: @rebecca.mae.art
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Work ExperienceCeramic Art London
- London, United KingdomInternship
Exhibition Assistant at the Ceramic Art London Exhibition
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Work ExperienceCathryn Shilling Glass
- London, United KingdomInternship
Workshop Assistant
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Education
Ba (hons) Glass, Ceramics, Metal and JewelleryUniversity for the Creative Arts
Farnham, United Kingdom