Sarah Mossop studied sculpture at Chelsea School of Art before pursuing a career in art education and curating.
After several years teaching she moved to working in the publicly funded gallery sector in community engagement, learning and curatorial positions at the Crafts Council, Modern Art Oxford and Arts at the Old Fire Station. Her freelance collaborations include working with Tate Britain, Royal Academy, South London Gallery and the Ashmolean Museum.
Re-engaging with her sculptural practice in 2018, her work focusses on ceramics as the central material while also using drawing, photography, collage and assemblage. Currently she is working on two separate and distinctive projects, ‘Family Albums’ and ‘Twigs/Walks’. She also makes functional pottery such as bowls, plates, jugs and vases. The teapot for ‘Kissako’ is the first she’s made – especially for the exhibition.
In the ongoing series ‘Twigs/Walks’ she creates ceramic twigs loosely based on small twigs found on the ground during walks in the Chilterns and Cotswolds. Both wall-based and freestanding, no two ceramic twigs are the same with their complex surfaces of fractured bark, lichen, fungi and moss-like structures.
Following a Foundation Course at Wimbledon School of Art she studied Fine Art at Canterbury College of Art from 1984 – 1987. Claudia then completed her M.A in Sculpture at University of Newcastle Upon Tyne.
As an art student, Claudia worked in clay alongside various other media. At that time she was taking casts from the clay and the finished work would be in plaster, cement or bronze..
These days, Claudia relishes the endless possibilities of working in clay ….. her ceramics are made primarily from white Faience clay and incorporate.
