Fern Portal Square Bowl

Part of the core portal collection: a 22cm diameter bowl, approx 4.5cm deep.

A fern design in aqua and cobalt blue with real fern inclusions over the golden portal window.

The portal as a motif to represent other dimensions or levels of consciousness, is one I am very fond of.  The fern here is a metaphor for new life with the fern trapped inside the yellow portal signifying physical, psychological, ontological or spiritual transformation.  In the space outside the portal the ferns are not actually there and are shown by the blue of the negative space around them – what isn’t there is just as important as what is.  The colour blue has been used in art down the ages to represent the heavens, transcendent states or important spiritual people, and to other dimensions such as the elements of sky/air/sea/water. Colour for me, is emotional, on the one hand the pieces could evoke loss and memory and on the other, the transformation that leads to new life and hope.