Barely There (2)

Ceramic sculpture with gold leaf

Barely There (2) - a ceramic sculpture created from a hand woven metal mesh dipped in ceramic slip and fired at high temperature to create the distortions seen within the sculpture. 

With an almost ethereal quality, the sculptures are both beautiful, beguiling and thought provoking.

A response to the curatorial brief of Black and Gold, Barely There (2) is part of a continuing series of work where Petersen draws our attention, through art, to the fragility of our built environment and the experience of many as they live on the edge of safety in inadequate housing. 

Drawing attention to these issues is a fundamental element of Petersen's work, but in doing so she creates pieces of intricate detail and with the meticulous attention to detail and experimentation that is typical of this emerging and gifted ceramicist.