London soil on canvas, Siobhan Davies Dance, London.
Unless otherwise stated all work © Kim Norton.
"What does it mean to give agency to the material, to follow the material and to act with the material?
For a start, materials are neither objects nor things.
To follow the material means to enter a true maze of meanings, where one encounters terms such as matter, materiality, stoff, substance or medium. "
Petra Lange-Berndt how to be complicit with materials
With materiality and material exploration playing such a pivotal role within my practice it has become increasingly evident that subjects such as geology, environment and locality are becoming a real consideration within my thinking.
This page sets out to show some of these works or works in progress.
Over the past few years I have been working with raw materials on canvas. Developing material knowledge and observations of material behavior within the realm of ceramics.
Ranging from soils/earth, clays, glaze materials such as oxides, chalk, wood ash, bone ash and over time a collection of samples continue to expand.
Creating an ongoing archive for future works to be drawn from.
Unless otherwise stated all work © Kim Norton.