ARTIST STATEMENT
Nuala Torp is a designer and maker whose work exists to distract from the formality of the everyday. Nuala Torp is a designer and maker whose work exists to distract from the formality of the everyday. Seeking lightness and the sense of curiosity that we shared as children, Torp specialises in glass and ceramics, developing playful processes that question the perceived. Torp works instinctively to find a balance between materials, colour and form, her recipe for making is often spontaneous, leaving her little time to overthink each decision. This methodology allows for action with a lack of self-doubt, which in turn gives the work a playful, almost naive quality and a distinctive visual language.
Torp has developed an immersive and automated method of extruding using which allows her to playfully draw with porcelain using one continuous line. Hand blown glass components are made in response to each extruded piece and assembled like lego.
Crossing the border between gallery work and objects that belong in the everyday, Torp will continue to use her methodology to create lively, humorous objects and environments that create a sense of lightness.