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Tarmak'Tarmak' is a hybrid of an elegantly glazed ceramic water jar and a basketball. The title is borrowed from the brand on the rubber, a homophone of the tarmac and the street nature of the basketball game. The nuanced and ambiguous character of the work balancing bouncing with hardness, container with content, gloss with wearing, is at the heart of what analogue is. 'Tarmak' asks you to fill the gaps left intentionally during making, it asks you to

3D-scanned Northern environments

and identities are in constant motion

but as a way of knowing that values uncertainty

seized with both arms

whose identity is a blend of the greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth

it acts as a spatial prosthesis: a conduit for sensing tension

this is something to celebrate

Through slow-making and sensory exploration

Operation Sempstress imagines the folds and pockets of a 'sempstress' or ‘seamstress’

fragmentation and disjuncture is highlighted by the raw and jagged finished of the ceramic and fragmented body parts

A symbol of rebirth and renewal

This body of work is influenced by the media prevalent during lockdown – games