For Unit Twelve's 'Over the Rainbow' exhibition, Clare took the idea of rainbows in terms of folklore, colours and shapes and reimagined them as joyful mixed media tools for locating rainbows and discovering the elusive pot of gold that is said to be at the bottom of its arc. Distinctive arched shapes and vibrant colours reference the popular notion of rainbows.

X Marks the Spot (detail)

Ceramics, wood, felted wool, wire

X Marks the Spot

Ceramics, wood, felted wool, wire

Star Moon Sun Earth

Ingredients for a Rainbow.

Ceramics, wood, nichrome wire

Star Moon Sun Earth (detail)

Ingredients for a Rainbow.

Ceramics, wood, nichrome wire

Freestanding cheerful ceramic sun mounted on wooden base.

Sun Sprite

Freestanding cheerful sun mounted on wooden base.

Ceramics, wood, nichrome wire.

ceramic hill with a cloud suspended from wire on top

Petrichor

Cloudy Knoll.

Ceramics, nichrome wire, copper

Uppercase, Issue 54

Featured in Uppercase magazine.

‘Distilling Rainbows’ takes the idea of rainbows in terms of folklore, colours and shapes and reimagines them as joyful mixed media tools for locating rainbows and discovering the elusive pot of gold that is said to be at the bottom of its arc. Distinctive arched shapes and vibrant colours reference the popular notion of rainbows.
My set of imaginative objects created for ‘Distilling Rainbows’ uses forms that are totally abstract yet constructed in such a way as to suggest familiar shapes and colours.

Dancing Light

Candelabra

Ceramics, metal and polymer clay.

U shaped ceramics with pine needles inserted

Gold Dust (collection device 1)

Ceramics, coated wire, pine needles from Chew Valley Lake and wire.

wobbly shaped ceramics with pine needles inserted

Gold Dust (collection device 2)

Ceramics, coated wire, pine needles from Chew Valley Lake and wire.

necklace with plastic, wood, ceramic and wool elements

Who Will Find the Pot of Gold? (detail)

Necklace

Ceramics, wood, plastics, metal, polymer clay and waxed cord

Who Will Find the Pot of Gold?

Necklace

Ceramics, wood, plastics, metal, polymer clay and waxed cord

Thoughtful Happy

Designed as tokens to be sent to loved ones to remind them that you're there for them, they're amazing & that joyful times will return.

Sunset (left) and Sunrise (right)

Wall Mounted (hanging)

Ceramics and wire

wall mounted ceramics and wooden sculpture

Optical Sighting Kit (Rainbow)

In this wall mounted piece, the left hand device is for blowing bubbles, thus creating instant, mini rainbows. The right hand device is for spotting rainbows.

Earthenware, decals, coated wire, driftwood (Sandsend), polymer clay, felted wool, fishing rope (Withernsea)

Moon & Star (left), Joyful Sun (right)

Ceramic hangings.

Ceramics, nichrome wire, waxed cord

Hello Sunshine

Large wall mounted ceramic sun.

Over the Rainbow

Exhibition at Unit Twelve