Under Pressure
Jill Gibson
Under Pressure
Jill Gibson
Reference
SAS0135_002
Year
2020
Dimensions (cm)
Height: 65
Length: 65
Depth: 20
Length: 65
Depth: 20
Materials
Cast foam, bisque fired clay
Suitable Locations for the Work
- Indoors
- Floor-based
- Freestanding
- On a plinth
Background, history, commissioner of the work
Under Pressure was produced during lockdown and selected for the Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Show 2020 and more recently selected for Wash - an all female abstract sculpture exhibition, YAS (Yorkshire Art Space), Sheffield 2021.
Thematic/contextual information
My practice is largely research based and I employ an architectural technique called fabric forming. I have developed a way to free cast liquid foams and this piece, Under Pressure, was produced under lockdown 2020 and is an on-going exploration of material and form. The intense pressure of the situation underpins the piece. The fragility of the clay, forced by the pressure of the foam create bulges, crevices and surface tensions that were very much apparent at the time.