Camilla Bliss

Test Card, 2021

Ceramic and wool, 30 x 22 x 2.5cm

‘Test card’ explores the liminal space between our conscious and unconscious being. The work is inspired by our relationship to technology and the space our minds enter when we are engaging with digital devices. Over-saturation of technology can lure us into alternative worlds as we disconnect from our physical surroundings. Similarly, we can fall into a meditative mindset through the repetitive action of needlepoint as an image is built up through pixelated threads or when coiling clay.

The act of pricking can be damaging but at the same time the stitch which follows is an act of repair. Just as our engagement with digital devices has been known to create anxiety, they can grow and expand our worlds and communication.

Camilla Bliss

Camilla Bliss regularly works with ceramics, often drawing inspiration from historical practices, social rituals and the parallels between the modern world and myths of the past. The narratives within her work are built up from a personal language of symbols that sit in a liminal space: on the threshold of a transitional phase. As well as creating ceramic works for the New Craftsmen, recent exhibitions include ‘Hawks in her Hair’ at the Alice Black Gallery and the ‘Winter Window project’ at Gazelli Art House.