Artwork that will be UK’s tallest ceramic sculpture takes shape in Devon

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Earth Goddess – touted as south-west England’s answer to the Angel of the North – will be unveiled in Cornwall in April

At the moment the vividly-coloured pieces are dotted aroundIn a few weeks they will be transported to a Cornish town and slotted together to become the tallest ceramic sculpture in the UK, possibly the world.

“I’ve lived with her for two years,” Brown said as she gave the Guardian a sneak preview of the almost-finished work. “It will be sad to see her go. The place will feel a little empty without her.”celebrating the amazing history of china clay in St Austell. “I wasn’t thinking or planning, just doodling, but as as far as I’m concerned that’s where the best stuff comes from.” What emerged was a “vaguely female form” – and the idea of a giant earth goddess.

A limiting factor was the size of the studio kiln. Brown has one of the biggest in the UK but she had to make the body in 15 separate pieces to be able to fire them.

 

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