Hélène Raynal's work has evolved over 20 years of practice and research into Raku and porcelain, resulting in her passion for wheel-throwing beautifully simple, contemporary ceramics. Her current technique – perfected over the last 7 years – translates onto the ceramic surface, the illusion of traditional ink calligraphy on paper. Deceptively simple, each finished piece requires no less that 3 firings to achieve; resulting in gentle, dream-like objects seemingly steeped in an ancient, unknown culture allowing the viewer to interpret them through form and decoration. Echoing her personal love of dance, Hélène feels the creation of her ceramics is, in itself, a “choreography” of elements, coming together in an external expression that could be likened to executing a piece of modern dance. Hélène is initially led by an internal visceral momentum in the meditative, almost hypnotic rhythm of hand-throwing the clay on the wheel; guiding each piece to find its form through movement. Whilst painting her unique calligraphic designs, her emotional, spiritual tempo becomes an abandonment of Self, where everything is instinct, improvisation and expression of the moment. The resulting pieces each become a moment of dance, caught forever in a unique gesture symbolising an element of a singular, abstract world.