Screwed Up

Year: 2026
Personal Project

This body of work presents a series of sculptural forms that invite curiosity and conversation. Hand-built in porcelain and black stoneware, these evocative forms are an exploration of personal recent lived experience. Material memory is central. Clay is manipulated, held under tension, yet retains traces of its own resistance. This exchange between control and autonomy becomes a way of articulating experiences that are difficult to navigate or express. A quiet transition unfolds—from disarray and containment towards unfurling forms becoming lighter, lifted; suggesting the possibility of release or flight.

Wall Installation — Screwed Up wall installation of multiple hand-built porcelain forms resembling crumpled paper, arranged as a sculptural group. Studio Willis.
Touchpaper — Screwed Up, hand-built porcelain form resembling screwed paper. Studio Willis.
Single — Screwed Up, hand-built porcelain form resembling screwed paper. Studio Willis.
Flow — Screwed Up, hand-built porcelain form resembling screwed paper. Studio Willis.
Crumpled Vessel — Screwed Up, hand-built porcelain bowls formed to resemble crumpled paper. Studio Willis.
Scrap Paper, Spalted Maple — Screwed Up, three rough-textured hand-built porcelain bowls mounted on spalted maple wood. Studio Willis.
Scrap Paper, Vessels 5 — Screwed Up, five rough-textured hand-built porcelain bowls mounted on dark wood. Studio Willis.
Scrap Paper, Individual — Screwed Up, single rough-textured hand-built porcelain bowl mounted on dark wood. Studio Willis.
Scribble, Suspended — Screwed Up, black stoneware scribble form suspended in air. Studio Willis.
Scribble, Triptych — Screwed Up, black stoneware scribble form displayed above porcelain sheets. Studio Willis.

Photography: Matt Davies 2026 HCA