AGONY I disrupted the shape of

I disrupted the shape of the torso by juxtaposing the position of the breasts and then followed this through by changing the perspective of one of the legs so that it is upright

In a small way

Height: 11cm (4

this figure has its hands on its head constrained by a surface stretched across its limbs

The position of the hemispherical shape at one end of the disk affects its balance by drawing it downwards

AGONY I disrupted the shape ofThis is my first abstract sculpture originally made as a small ceramic figure. It is one of my largest sculptures. When I started making the piece, I was receiving letters from a Papua New Guinean friend who wrote of the agony of being married to a man who beat her. In a small way, it influenced this work. The sculpture is of a seated female figure wanting to stand. The concave surfaces of her eyes are mirrored by a large curved depression below her