Ella Porter
Ella Porter is drawn to clay’s unique ability to preserve the act of making, as both conscious and unconscious moments of touch are held in the surface of the ceramic object. Her practice displays a strong relationship between surface and form, informed by a BA in Painting and Printmaking. Ella explores ideas surrounding the mark of the maker, ancient artifacts, temporality, trace and place. Throughout her process there is a continual shift between layering and erasing: a conversation with the material. Ella reaches the conclusion of a work when there is the sense of something pre-existing revealing itself.