Ghosted, 2020

Ceramic

35 x 19 x 17cm

ARTWORK STATEMENT

This work is inspired by the silent nurture humans receive from animals in times of emotional distress. Intimate catastrophes of the brain, extinguished with a fluffy paw.

BIOGRAPHY

Sally Hackett is an artist and educator living and working in Glasgow. Sally makes sculpture with a range of materials of widely different shelf lives and sell by dates from glazed ceramics to peanuts, garlic husks and toilet rolls. Spurred by intuitive making, Sally creates her work predominantly around emotion and mental states.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

3 – Good Health and Well-being