Exhibition at
Pyramid Gallery York
3rd Oct – 15th Nov

In these new pieces, shapes have been modified with brighter colours and deeper indentations. Surface markings are both linear and patterned creating textural contrasts and multiple layering.

Loretta Braganza

‘Loretta is one of the few artists who can combine outstanding forms with a range of fascinating surface techniques to produce her distinctive and singular sculptural pieces’. - Ruth Corman, Corman Arts, London

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Fruit & Bloom

Fruit & Bloom
2024

In this body of work there are seven ‘real’ fruits - dragon, star, pineapple, jack, cashew, persimmon and berry and four ‘imagined’. Together they provide the perfect canvass to display Braganza’s vibrant artistic energy and soaring inventiveness.

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RECONSTRUCTED

FORMS

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The idea of contrasts is conceptually simple. It is only in the complex and innovative process of making that these conceptually exciting possibilities are revealed.

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The sketches I had done almost two decades ago provided the springboard for ‘Distortion & Displacement’ using Indian vessel forms,

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CLAY

JOURNEYS

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Shimmer and Empty Vessels

Shimmer and Empty Vessels are loosely based on traditional Indian clay and metal vessel forms. Clay burnished to metal, the mark making imitates the quick, rhythmic strokes of the metal worker.

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The Twelve Apostles - now in York Art Gallery’s permanent collection, were inspired by the
glorious sea stacks on the Great Ocean Road which stretches from Melbourne to Adelaide in Australia. They capture the interaction of sea, foam, spray, strata and wind.

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Turning Stones was inspired by the gravity- defying volcanic boulders that surround the Tungabhadra River in Hampi, South India. They can be positioned in different ways – changing their dynamics and viewer experience – reflecting a spiritual journey veering from doubt to certainty.

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LEGENDS

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MEMORIES

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Transitions

Transitions
2008
Forms Remembered
2008

Transitions used the parallel expressions of geometric ceramics and related illustrations to explore a story of creation based on aboriginal legends. The fine markings on both mediums reflect the power of intrinsic elemental forces

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In Forms Remembered - childhood memories of tropical fruits - the pure colour base was technically challenging as any blip, blister or craze is cruelly revealed. This was the first time materials such as lead, silver, glass and copper were used to enhance these sculptural forms.

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GEOMETRIC

CERAMICS

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Articulated Forms

Articulated Forms
2005
Fusion
2005

In Articulated Forms lines are spontaneously drawn into the clay using fine implements and infilled with coloured slip. The finely etched rhythmic patterns recall woodcuts and hieroglyphics.

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Fusion incorporates elements of movement and displacement, constructed from interlocking sections. The inserted element can be removed and placed alongside the other to form a pair, so changing the dynamics of the piece

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CONGRUENT

FORMS

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Elemental Vessels

Elemental Vessels
1999
Genesis
1999

In Elemental Vessels layers of slip were applied to a base colour and then scrapped off revealing crazing and cross hatching of lines creating the effect of an ancient patina.

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Genesis are large sculptural forms – an assertion of the timeless life cycle where the male and female principles are evident. They capture the colours of the natural world.

Exhibition at Pyramid Gallery York 3rd Oct – 15th Nov

Loretta Braganza

‘Loretta is one of the few artists who can combine outstanding forms with a range of fascinating surface techniques to produce her distinctive and singular sculptural pieces’. - Ruth Corman, Corman Arts, London

FRUIT

&

BLOOM

In this body of work there are seven ‘real’ fruits - dragon, star, pineapple, jack, cashew, persimmon and berry and four ‘imagined’. Together they provide the perfect canvass to display Braganza’s vibrant artistic energy and soaring inventiveness.

RECONSTRUCTED

FORMS

The idea of contrasts is conceptually simple. It is only in the complex and innovative process of making that these conceptually exciting possibilities are revealed.

The sketches I had done almost two decades ago provided the springboard for ‘Distortion & Displacement’ using Indian vessel forms,

CLAY

JOURNEYS

Shimmer and Empty Vessels are loosely based on traditional Indian clay and metal vessel forms. Clay burnished to metal, the mark making imitates the quick, rhythmic strokes of the metal worker.

The Twelve Apostles - now in York Art Gallery’s permanent collection, were inspired by the glorious sea stacks on the Great Ocean Road which stretches from Melbourne to Adelaide in Australia. They capture the interaction of sea, foam, spray, strata and wind.

Turning Stones was inspired by the gravity- defying volcanic boulders that surround the Tungabhadra River in Hampi, South India. They can be positioned in different ways – changing their dynamics and viewer experience – reflecting a spiritual journey veering from doubt to certainty.

LEGENDS

AND

MEMORIES

Transitions used the parallel expressions of geometric ceramics and related illustrations to explore a story of creation based on aboriginal legends. The fine markings on both mediums reflect the power of intrinsic elemental forces

In Forms Remembered - childhood memories of tropical fruits - the pure colour base was technically challenging as any blip, blister or craze is cruelly revealed. This was the first time materials such as lead, silver, glass and copper were used to enhance these sculptural forms.

GEOMETRIC

CERAMICS

In Articulated Forms lines are spontaneously drawn into the clay using fine implements and infilled with coloured slip. The finely etched rhythmic patterns recall woodcuts and hieroglyphics.

Fusion incorporates elements of movement and displacement, constructed from interlocking sections. The inserted element can be removed and placed alongside the other to form a pair, so changing the dynamics of the piece

CONGRUENT

FORMS

In Elemental Vessels layers of slip were applied to a base colour and then scrapped off revealing crazing and cross hatching of lines creating the effect of an ancient patina.

Genesis are large sculptural forms – an assertion of the timeless life cycle where the male and female principles are evident. They capture the colours of the natural world.

Exhibition at
Pyramid Gallery York
3rd Oct – 15th Nov

The Twelve Apostles - now in York Art Gallery’s permanent collection, were inspired by the
glorious sea stacks on the Great Ocean Road which stretches from Melbourne to Adelaide in Australia. They capture the interaction of sea, foam, spray, strata and wind.