mother and child. 2007
Ceramic plasticine
19 x 12 9cm
vase, 2005
Ceramic, gaffer tape
59 x 30 x 30cm
Statment
Si Sapsford Utilises domestic objects and traditional skills to reference human emotions and fears. In 'Descend', cellar doors resurrect old fears of the unknown, mixed with feelings of repulsion and attraction, of compulsion and childhood horror.
With 'Vase' it is the sad impossibility of putting back together that, which is devastatingly broken beyond repair. The emotion that is invested in this object, and what it represents, makes it the focus of a particular emotional history. The compulsion to attempt the impossible, and to keep trying, is irresistible