As the rain comes down in sheets on a particularly sodden autumn day, it feels apt to be discussing water with glass artist Celia Dowson. Her softly coloured semi-functional beakers, vases and bowls, in a range of satiny finishes, are gaining a loyal following. She is preparing for her next exhibition. ‘Of Water’, a joint show with ceramicist Chloe Rosetta Bell at the Maud & Mabel Gallery in Hampstead, London.
This is not the first time that water has fed into Celia’s work, which is concerned with capturing the elements and atmospheres of therainy season that she first developed the hazy quality in her glassware that has become her trademark - the effect was inspired by the water-soaked mists that hang over the landscape.
