Landscape has always been pivotal for Sarah Jenkins. More recently, this has been in an increasingly internal, abstracted way. The clay structure provides an earthy foundation, while the surface marks, colours and textures suggest transient moments of weather and light, season and time.
The finished works might be described as having strongly contrasting different appearances. Some, using glazes and brighter colours, look very different to the unglazed pieces, where contrasting slips highlight the exterior surface.
Despite the contrasts, there's an underlying consistency in intent, and a continued connection to landscape. Following her inspiration, always building by hand, Sarah finds different paths towards the same goal, moving across the different terrain with a variety of responses.
Sarah lives and works in north Essex, from a studio surrounded by farmland.