Statement
I use ceramics as a canvas, as a surface on which to explore ideas surrounding mathematics and art. Deconstructing Renaissance paintings to their fundamental elements, unearthing hidden geometric structures that reside beneath the surface. I carve each vessel by hand with an aim to increase the complexity and precision of detail to appear mechanically manufactured.
I call this aesthetic ‘anti-digital’.
The patterns derived from each painting are determined by significant points in the image, which are mapped onto the surface of the vessels using pins and paper. The holes left behind
dictate where I carve, generating an added challenge by creating irregular intervals in the surfaces.
I combine materials in order to produce the highest possible contrast in colour and texture: clean,
smooth, white porcelain against dark, burnt wood; grogged clay partially covered by a glassy shell.
Juxtaposed to toy with the idea of producing a subtle feeling of discomfort in the viewer.
Carving each vessel by hand is a very slow and meditative process that allows space for reflection.
Once the vessel is complete the narrative is hidden, just as structure of the painting before it.
If you would like to discuss a commission or plan a visit to my studio,
please email me at - leah-jensen@hotmail.com
Future Exhibitions and Events
'Cockpit Arts Summer Festival of Making', open studios event 12th - 14th June
Cockpit Arts Deptford, London, SE8 2020
'Homo Faber 2020' 10th September - 11th October
San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy 2020
Past Exhibitions
'Collect 2020', exhibiting with Cavaliero Finn
Somerset House, London 2020
'Alter', presented by Cavaliero Finn 2019
Fitzrovia Chapel, London
'Tactile Minds' 2018
The House Mill, Bromley-by-Bow, London
The New Craftsmen, Mayfair, London
'British Craft: The Miami Edit' , (on show in London) 2018
A collaboration with The Crafts Council and The New Craftsmen.
The New Craftsmen, Mayfair, London
'British Craft: The Miami Edit' , 2017 A collaboration with The Crafts Council and The New Craftsmen.
Form Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Chalayan Store, London 2017
'Leah Jensen: On Show', London Craft Week 2017
The New Craftsmen, Mayfair, London
'Contemporary Living: Art, Craft & Design' 2017
Christie’s, South Kensington, London
'Craft and Ingenuity', as part of The London Design Festival 2015
The New Craftsmen, Mayfair, London
'Portal 2015' 2015
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Wales
'New Designers, One Year On' 2015
Business Design Centre, Islington, London
'Elements of Craft', as part of The London Design Festival 2014
Mint, London
'New Designers 2014' 2014
Business Design Centre, Islington, London
'Contemporary Crafts Degree Show' 2014
Tremough Campus, Penryn, Cornwall
'The China Collection' 2014
Plymouth Museum, Plymouth Cornwall
'You Are Here' 2013
Trelissick Gardens, Feock, Cornwall
'Follow the Trail' 2012
Pydar Artist Studios, Truro, Cornwall
'City of Lights' 2011
Truro, Cornwall
'Process' 2011
Tremough Campus, Penryn, Cornwall
Publications
The Financial Times, How to Spend it 2018
April
Crafts Magazine 2017
Issue 269 November/December
Elle Decoration 2017
May
Ceramic Review 2017
Issue 285 May/June
Sphere 2017
Volume 10 Number 1 Spring
The London Magazine 2016
March
Financial Times, Weekend Edition 2015
July
Ceramic Review Magazine 2015
Issue 274 July/August
Crafts Magazine 2015
Issue 254 May/June
Crafts Magazine 2014
Issue 251 November/December
Ceramic Review Magazine 2014
Issue 270 November/December
Education
BA (HONS) Contemporary Crafts 2014
University College Falmouth
Hothouse 2015
An program created by the Crafts Council