April Shepherd Ceramic Sculpture

April Shepherd is an established British sculptor producing highly expressive works exploring movement and the natural world.The surface of the work is inspired by the effect that smoke firing creates. As smoke licks around a form it leaves a resinous variegation. These marks coalesce into a dramatic and naturally derived canvas, tracing a permanent record of the fire. The perspex in the mount allows the work to further defy gravity, imbuing the forms with life affirming energy. April has been selected for a number of commissions including a series of life-sized bronze figures for Morgan Stanley. Her work is held in private collections worldwide and has been shown in many mixed exhibitions at venues including the Royal Academy. Her sculptures were recently selected for display at the British Embassy in India.