Editions 2026
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Phoebe Collings-James
Let this be the anchor [glazed tile edition], 2026
© Kerstin Rolfes
Let this be the anchor [glazed tile edition], 2026
© Kerstin Rolfes
Let this be the anchor [glazed tile edition], 2026
© Kerstin Rolfes
Let this be the anchor [glazed tile edition], 2026
© Kerstin Rolfes
Let this be the anchor [glazed tile edition], 2026
© Kerstin Rolfes
×Phoebe Collings-James engages with the contradictions and tensions of everyday life, treating ceramic sculpture as a site of reciprocity and transformation. The artist works predominantly with installations made of ceramics, brass, and wood. Collings-James describes clay as a material with memory — one that remembers and allows tensions to become visible within its materiality.
As part of the exhibition Let this be the anchor, five ceramic works were created, which are now exclusively available as annual edition at Künstler:innenhaus Bremen.
Working with clay is a deeply physical process in which every movement is directly inscribed into the material. Handling clay requires physical presence and constant adaptation, as it reacts to pressure and time. Clay is malleable, yet it reaches its limits during the drying and firing processes: it cracks, warps, and can break. Collings-James does not view these conditions as limitations, but rather as an integral part of the process of form-finding. The material brings its own logic, which helps shape the process and continually influences decisions made during the work.
Phoebe Collings-James (born 1987 in London, GB, lives and works in London) completed her studies in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College in London. Her ceramics studio Mudbelly began as a personal research project but has since grown into a shop and teaching platform that offers free ceramics classes for Black people in London, taught by Black ceramicists.
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Let this be the anchor [glazed tile edition] (2026)
Glazed ceramic
20 x 20 cm
One-of-a-kind
Edition: 5 + 2 APPrice: €650 eachOrder
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