Mel Ford

In the Making…

I enjoy the science involved in crafting an artwork. Many of my processes frequently include harnessing such elements as heat, volume, time and sometimes gravity.

In physics there are facts. I find comfort in this.

Bio

Mel Ford graduated with a B.F.A. from the University of Canterbury in  1989.

Part of her creative practice examines the utility of common ceramic objects which she makes or finds as discarded waste.

A regular contributor to The Portage Ceramic Awards for more than a decade,she was awarded The Medalta Artists Residency, a Merit award and an honourable mention in association with this event.

Her work was included in Slip Cast - A Survey of Contemporary NZ Ceramics at the Dowse Museum and is held in various collections including a work commissioned for The Quartz Museum in Whanganui.