People / Milo Gibson
My practice is informed by a curiosity for materials, and production. I’m drawn to simple, considered forms and the ways colour, texture, and process shape the character of an object. I aim to create work that feels calm, tactile, intuitive, yet intriguing and charming. My current practice centres on wheel-thrown ceramics, which I design and make in my Brighton studio. I’m interested in the balance between precision and unpredictability, taking a considered and precise approach while working with a material that, by its nature, resists complete control. It is within this tension that I feel most inspired and excited.
Repeat / Repeat
This project began as an exploration of how to utilise the tools and processes I already had access to to design and produce an object. I set myself the limitation of designing and making a lamp entirely through wheel-thrown ceramics, wanting to see how far I could push a process more commonly associated with tableware to create an object that isn’t typically made on the wheel. That constraint shaped every part of the project. Forms had to be broken down into components that could be thrown on the wheel and assembled afterwards, while the small inconsistencies and undulations became part of the finished object rather than something to correct.