Tamsin van Essen

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Tamsin van Essen
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Tamsin van Essen is a ceramicist, potter and sculptor based in London. [1] Her first exhibition was at Galerie Vernon in Prague in 2008. [2]

For an exhibition about skin at the Wellcome Collection, she produced a series of apothecary's jars which illustrated the nature of skin conditions such as psoriasis. [3] The jars are now on permanent display as "Medical Heirlooms" in Wellcome's Being Human gallery. [4] [5] In her Erosion series of works, she continued the biomedical theme, using a sandblasting technique to portray the effects of bacteria and viruses. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "The former classmates who are worlds apart as porcelain sculptors", Financial Times, 2 October 2015
  2. ↑ Tamsin Van Essen, Central Saint Martins, 24 July 2018
  3. ↑ "Skin: the forgotten organ" (PDF), British Medical Journal , 340: 1420, 26 June 2010
  4. ↑ Jane O'Neill (8 September 2021), Tamsin van Essen uses ceramic art to get under the skin of what's truly beautiful
  5. ↑ Medical Heirlooms by Tamsin Van Essen, Wellcome Collection
  6. ↑ Jobson, Christopher (19 May 2015), "Erosion: Layered Porcelain Sculptures Sandblasted to Mimic Biological Forms", Colossal


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