Lise Herud Braten
Lise’s primary interests lie in creating highly textured and natural, organic forms, with references to details in nature and the urban environment. Memories of growing up in a rugged landscape in Norway inform both shapes and mark-making, imbuing the pieces with a sense of place.
Lise works with many different techniques, from delicately thin thrown vessels to roughly textured slabs of coarse clay. She often combines different making techniques within each piece, resulting in spontaneous and unplanned shapes and structures. The instinctive nature of making in this way instills a natural and uncontrived expression of a moment in time captured in the shape of the piece.
Using a variety of stoneware and porcelain clays, each piece is layered with slips, oxides, glazes and natural ash, applied in a painterly and abstract way. Often the
pieces are fired several times, with new layers added between each firing. The resultant effect of this treatment suffuses the piece with a sense of history, of
time spent exposed and weathered by the natural elements.
Lise’s work primarily consists of decorative and sculptural vessels and forms. Her work has been exhibited in galleries across the UK, and is held in private
collections in Europe, USA, Asia and the Middle East.
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