Nicola Tassie: Sweet Dreams
Nicola Tassie is a ceramicist who initially studied painting at the Central School of Art. The crossover between the painted image and mark making in clay is a continuing preoccupation in her practice. Her wall-mounted ‘slip pillows’ playfully evoke a painted canvas on the wall, and present us with a contemporary dialogue about ceramics as art, and not just as objects.
Her use of slip trailing and feathering - a delicate technique - is rooted in the tradition of early slipware from the 17thand 18th centuries, yet also references the influence of graffiti ‘tags’ today. Nicola is intrigued by the notion of a visual language that has not quite formed – the intimation of a ‘scrawl’ or tantalisingly illegible text. Then there is the desire to convey the pleasure of working in wet clay, where experimentation can be both random, yet to a degree, controlled.
The series invites multiple reflections on the meaning and place that ceramics hold for us in our daily life, and how we can elevate and understand their place within the cannon of art.
Nicola’s works have been exhibited in London at Collect International Art Fair for Craft and Design 2015, 2017, 2019; Fog Design Fair in San Francisco, 2017; Tremenare Sculpture Park, Cornwall, 2017. She was selected for the Crafts Council’s Future Made program and exhibited during Miami Design Week, 2016; and is now represented by Hostler Burrows gallery in USA. She has an on-going collaboration with the designer Margaret Howell, making limited editions tableware and designs for lighting.
She works from her studio in east London.
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Nicola Tassie, Trailing - Pink on Black on Orange, 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Trailing - Green on White, 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Trailing - Black on Blue on Black, 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Trailing - Black on Cream, 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Trailing - Grey on Pink, 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Trailing - Mauve on Yellow, 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Fringe , 2021
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Nicola TassieGreen Glade , 2021Stoneware panel19 x 23 cm
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Nicola Tassie, Fold , 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Feathering- White on Terracotta, 2020
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Nicola TassieFeathering- Black on White , 2020Earthenware slip pillow12 x 13 cm
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Nicola Tassie, Trailing - White on terracotta, 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Tremolo , 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Trails , 2021
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Nicola Tassie, U Turn , 2020
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Nicola Tassie, Marbling - Green on Black on Grey, 2021
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Nicola TassieTrailing - Black on Blue, 2021earthenware slip pillow8 1/4 x 9 1/8 in
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Nicola Tassie, Trailing - Black on Pink , 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Trailing - Blue, Rose, Grey, Brown, Green on Cream , 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Trailing - Dark blue on Cream, 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Trailing - Green on Black I, 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Trailing - Green on Black II, 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Trailing - Grey on Brown on Pink, 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Trailing - Light blue on cream, 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Trailing - Pink on Grey, 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Trailing - Yellow on Grey, 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Three Stones Pink , 2020
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Nicola Tassie, Tracks , 2021
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Nicola Tassie, Three Stones , 2020