Ann Cummings - OFF

Aside from the white constructions with the odd black accent, one other colour is the runny blue glaze that trickles over and down many of the pieces, suggesting a slime of algae slowly rotting these living forms and returning them to the earth.

These processes of change and death are not presented as fearful but are often shown with evidence of rebirth, the circle of life.

The unnatural elements such as the kewpie doll (a creature rendered sexless and therefore sterile), the mythical unicorn (a genetic mutation), the runny blue glaze (like organic slime) and the accumulation of animals and birds (an indication of nature thrown out of balance) are all indications of the power of nature to rebel against humans attempts to dominate nature.

While all these elements could indicate chaos, the pieces still visually hold together – a ray of hope that in the end nature will heal itself and perhaps man will find a place within its embrace, not against it.