This sculptural piece is handcrafted from stoneware with digitally printed designs transferred to the surface. Alice Mara also uses melted glass to adorn the façade of the ceramic sculpture. This piece, created during the Covid-19 lockdown, illustrates the failing status of the UK high streets.
Length 12 cm
Width 9 cm
Height 17 cm
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Alice Mara
- Ceramicist
- Worthing, United Kingdom
- Master Artisan
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Creating comedy in clay
- • Alice is a printmaker and ceramicist
- • She balances form, function and decoration
- • She creates unique sculptures, personal to her clients
Alice Mara captures the highs and lows of everyday life in her three-dimensional ceramic collages. Her work involves skilled slab working to build the structure of the piece, this is then combined with collected imagery, often very personal to her clients. If you look closely you might notice hidden symbols in the work which represent the artist’s state of mind or the state of the world, such as a dustbin liner next to a swimming pool symbolising how rubbish life can be yet at the same time, there is joy to be found. Perhaps the playful and humorous use of imagery comes from her training as a stand-up comedian. Her work has won many awards and she has exhibited at the New York Print Fair.
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Eastbourne shopping spree
This sculptural piece is handcrafted from stoneware and digitally printed designs transferred to the surface. Alice Mara also uses melted glass to adorn the façade of the ceramic sculpture. This piece represents a UK seaside town with beautiful regency architecture juxtaposed with closed, boarded up shops.
Length 19 cm
Width 29 cm
Height 30 cm
Photo: ©Alun Callender
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This sculptural ceramic piece, handcrafted during the Covid-19 confinement, illustrates the failing status of the UK high streets. The sculptural piece is handcrafted from stoneware and digitally printed designs transferred to the surface. Alice Mara also uses melted glass to adorn the façade of the ceramic sculpture.
Length 15 cm
Width 8 cm
Height 13 cm
Photo: ©Johnathan Basset
Eastbourne dreams
This piece represents the grandeur of a seaside building, the back of the building is decrepit. The sculptural piece is handcrafted from stoneware and digitally printed designs transferred to the surface.
Length 40 cm
Width 20 cm
Height 45 cm
Photo: ©Alice Mara
Eastbourne wedding shop
This piece shows a typical UK seaside town with beautiful architecture juxtaposed with tacky shops. The sculptural piece is handcrafted from stoneware and digitally printed designs transferred to the surface. Alice Mara also uses melted glass to adorn the façade of the ceramic sculpture.
Length 20 cm
Width 22 cm
Height 30 cm
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