Matthew Raw

Wall
'I used the Berlin Wall and the Israeli/Palestine one as my two main research case studies to explore how walls divide people. 26 hand made bricks make up the 5m long and 3m high wall. Its size was a key factor in creating a ‘physical reality’ – designed to engender, in those who encounter it, an experience that is challenging and stimulates some of the claustrophobic feelings described by those who live in close proximity to such structures. Each brick is slab-built around a cardboard framework using especially developed crank paper-clay. Various techniques of applying text to the ceramic surface illustrate the language and findings from my research.'
Matthew Raw