Lorraine Dean — 'Hush VIII' Sculpture in Pink, 2025

Lorraine's creative journey is one of self-discovery, guided by the tactile intimacy of clay. Through relentless experimentation, Dean challenges the material’s limits—sculpting vessels from within to expose a dialogue between vulnerability and strength. Each piece becomes a meditation on the human condition, revealing the layered complexity that shapes who we are. Dean has developed a process that fuses both porcelain and fabric in a single firing, allowing these contrasting materials to merge in delicate tension. Through folds and layers, Dean explores the "emotional resonance and the quiet threads that connect us— echoes of memory, relationship, and lived experience."

The use of unglazed surfaces allows the material’s raw honesty to emerge, unfiltered and unadorned. These sculptural forms invite an intimate pause. They ask not only to be viewed, but felt—inviting a deeper awareness of self and of others, and of the shifting space we inhabit in both body and memory.

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Lorraine is a ceramic artist whose sculptural vessels explore the intricate relationships and shifting dynamics of family. Her practice is rooted in experimentation—challenging the conventions of form, texture, and firing. Often working with single firings and unglazed surfaces, Lorraine allows the clay to speak in its most honest and unembellished state. Through intuitive touch and deliberate mark-making, she captures the quiet intensity that exists within silence, absence, and emotional connection. Her vessels become contemplative forms—expressions of memory, vulnerability, and the unspoken tensions that shape familial bonds.

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