I am a Toronto based ceramic artist first studying at Sheridan College then completing my undergraduate studies at NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

I do not define my work by typical standards of sculpture or functionality. Rather, it is a genre that explores the materiality and sensuality of my particular media (clay), containing a powerful recitation of nature and biology. The inspiration for my work comes from the natural world, specifically geological formations and rock-like textures.  I am particularly interested in the surfaces of moss, lichens and algae; surfaces that have become blemished and worn over time, exposing sediment, the past and growth.

I see my current work as particularized studies, dug up from the earth or sea. The objects feel like unearthed relics or remains; the surviving traces that speak of our past.

Lauren Blakey portrait

  • 9.5 x 9.5″ blue coral cube $285 code 3-32
  • 9.5 x 9.5″ blue swirl cube $285 code 3-33. – SOLD –
  • 9.5 x 9.5″ green coral cube – SOLD –
  • 4×4″ green swirl cube $95 SOLD
  • 4×4″ green coral cube $95 code 3-34
  • 4×4″ olive coral cube $95 code 3-34
  • 4×4″ twigs cube $95 code 3-34
  • 4 x 9″ green cells cube $145 code 3-1