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Marker, 2015.

Handbuilt china porcelain, glaze, variable dimensions (collective average 7x9x22cm), 2015.

Marker was produced at a Listhús Artspace residency, Ólafsfjörður, Iceland (November - December 2015).

Marker is a series of work influenced by my time spent as a resident artist at Listhús Artspace in a small town on the north coast of Iceland.

Primarily, the forms I have created respond to the natural landscape surrounding Ólafsfjörður, which is non-comparable to anything I’ve seen or felt before. During my residency, I developed an interest in the vörður (manmade stacks of small rocks), which I found along various hiking trails and unexpectedly at the summit of two separate mountains. For centuries, these stacks have been used as directional markers for travellers, while simultaneously acting as symbols of individual and collective achievement.

Photography: Dan Elborne.