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Melissa Kiernan

Angel
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Angel

porcelain
93cm high x 58cm wide
Bust
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Bust

porcelain
46cm high x 36cm wide
Equilibrist
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Equilibrist

porcelain
80cm high
Horse and Rider
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Horse and Rider

porcelain & gold leaf
76 x 40 x 23cm
£2200
Icarus
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Icarus

porcelain
80cm high
£1500
Looking Out

Looking Out

porcelain
56cm high x 45cm wide
£2400
Looking Up

Looking Up

porcelain
56cm high x 45cm wide
£2400
Men in Sarongs
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Men in Sarongs

porcelain
62cm high
£800 each
Mermaid
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Mermaid

porcelain
60 x 20 x 20cm
£1100
Mermaid
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Mermaid

porcelain
35cm high
£1100
Mother & Child on Golden Throne
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Mother & Child on Golden Throne

porcelain
60cm high
£1600
Mother and Child
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Mother and Child

porcelain
60 x 26 x 20cm
£1700
Seated Man
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Seated Man

porcelain
58cm high x 58cm wide
Standing Man
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Standing Man

porcelain
82cm high
Standing Woman
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Standing Woman

porcelain
82cm high
Standing Woman
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Standing Woman

porcelain
65cm high
£1200
Throne
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Throne

porcelain
64cm high
£1400

“I draw inspiration from medieval art, statuary, Egon Schiele, iconography. My high-fired figures, constructed from small pieces of wafer thin porcelain, convey a sense of the fragility of life, of the fleeting moment. In my work I aim to imbue gentleness and delicacy by disassembling the human form into a patchwork of overlaid pieces. Every piece I make has emotional impact. I’m working with the human condition- the strength, the suffering, the fragility and the transient fleeting beauty of the human form. Life impacts and leaves its mark.”

Melissa Kiernan is a British Ceramicist/ Sculptor. She was born in 1966 and studied Ceramics at University of West of England, Bristol. Her sculpture is held in many private collections including that of Mette Gaugin. Her medium is high-fired porcelain and stoneware.

Cornwall Contemporary

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