Dreaming of a Crystal Forest, 2026

Jeanne Blissett Robertson

Porcelain

7.5 in H x 16 in x 10 in

Bring a cool fairytale breeze into your life with this beautiful sculpture by Jeanne Blissett Robertson, a unique marriage of nostalgic fantasy imagery and Robertson's experience participating in research concerning the effect of melting glaciers.

This piece is part of a series of porcelain crystal forms with dreamy paintings of animals and nature taken from slot machine graphics. These symbols of freedom and adventure have been re-contextualised to question what we seek and how we find it in an increasingly noisy world.

In 2024 Robertson joined Dr. Jon Hawkings and his team at the University of Pennsylvania researching the elements released in glacial meltwater and biochemical cycles. This research influenced Robertson in creating a series of glacial forms with various imagery from charts and quotes highlighting scientific research to the colorful fantasy and exotic creatures you see today.

Artist Statement

This piece is part of a series of porcelain crystal forms with dreamy paintings of animals and nature taken from slot machine graphics. These symbols of freedom and adventure have been re-contextualised to question what we seek and how we find it in an increasingly noisy world.

I have recently been developing a line of work involving the long standing human interest in crystalline forms and their power to connect internal human experiences with the material world. I reflect on the precarious state of our changing natural environment and its effect on our culture, both spiritually and politically. The crystal forms provide a 3D canvas for me to combine diverse imagery from
sources such as photographs, painting and symbols to communicate through active, tactile engagement and to challenge core, binary understandings.

Artist Biography

Jeanne Blissett Robertson graduated with a BA Hons in Sculpture & Environmental Art from Glasgow School of Art in 2015. Since then she has lived and worked internationally carrying out artist residencies in Abu Dhabi (Manarat Al Saadiyat), Mexico (Trapo Galeria), Edinburgh (Edinburgh Ceramics Workshop) and most recently Ullapool, Scotland (An Talla Solais). She recently received an Arts Council England grant, 'Developing Your Creative Practice', for a self-tailored ceramics training programme where she learnt from crafts people based in Scotland. Her activity included salt-glazing in Isle of Skye, making geological glazes with rocks from Assynt (world heritage site), foraging for clay and minerals, and multiple-part mould making for slip-casting. Recent exhibitions include 'To A Green Thought', DVAA, Philadelphia, 2022, 'Off-Kilter', Drill Hall, Edinburgh, 2021, and 'Running Parallel', Lewes Light Festival, 2020. Alongside her practice, Robertson delivers experimental art workshops for people of all ages and abilities.

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