Emelia French is breathing a sigh of relief. Having graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts with a Master of Fine Arts in 2017, she's just completed a PhD in Visual Arts at AUT, and after an intense few years is enjoying being able to slow down a bit and reconnect with other areas of her life that had to be sidelined out of necessity. On the other hand, the momentum of the study was extremely productive for her practice.
I fully committed to clay as the primary material for my practice in 2021, after