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Bio - Jo McLean
I am an English-born artist with a BA (Hons) in Ceramics from South Glamorgan Institute of HE Faculty of Art and Design (1988).
I moved to New Zealand in 1994.
In November 1999, I left the workforce to become a full time mother to the first of my two children. It is only in the last year that I have created the time and space to return to ceramics.
My Inspiration
I have chosen birds as my subject matter because, for me, they represent a lightness of spirit and the ability to literally transcend the worries and distractions of the everyday. Birds have the ability to inhabit two worlds, two elements, simultaneously.
My Materials
I prefer to work with either porcelain or terracotta clay, and am currently experimenting with different glazes and lustres.
Work currently showing
Corbans Estate Gallery Shop
The Signal Gallery
162 Bethells Rd
jo_cuckoo.co.nz
