A ‘hand woven’ sculpture shaped by the heat of the kiln to bring the viewer inside the built environment. 

To create these delicate sculptures, Petersen weaves a metal ‘fabric’ dipped in a ceramic slip. The sculptural distortions result from the intense heat of firing, so that the pieces are always unique, unexpected and uncomfortable - confronting us with the fragility of our constructed world through sculptures of a rare and delicate beauty. 

Created for Collect 2025, Night Time Dreams is one of an ongoing series of sculptures created by Petersen to highlight the inadequacies and inequalities of our current housing system. 

With the addition of black crystals and gold highlights to meet our curatorial theme of Black and Gold, she extends that conversation to denote the mould that creeps across the surface of inadequate housing, but adds gold to reflect the hope for change. 

Exquisitely handcrafted in her Carmarthenshire studio, this beautiful bangle evokes times of celebrations past and to come.  This large bangle is  approx 7 cm in diameter 

Exquisitely handcrafted in her Carmarthenshire studio, this beautiful bangle evokes times of celebrations past and to come.  This medium sized bangle is approx 6.4 cm in diameter. 

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. 

Reminiscent of stone circles and historic obelisks, this piece reflects Wendy’s fascination with stone and its place in the landscape. The unusual colouring echoes the soft tones which emerge within stone as it reacts to the weathering of  time, the curving mark through the clay an additional focal point to draw the observer into the piece.

Miniature sterling silver box with chased lines creating an iris pattern.

Hallmarked at London Assay Office 

This beautiful wood box was created in collaboration with wood turner, Clio Anastasiou.

It has a sparkle textured silver lid, hallmarked at Birmingham Assay Office.  

A stunning necklace that pairs beautiful opalites with a dark silver ripple ‘wave’. The ‘wave’ is 110mm x 30mm.