HEBE VERNON - MORRIS

I have been printmaking since I was a child and having been encouraged to make things from an early age. 

I chose a degree in Ceramics and Metal before returning to Printmaking in my early twenties. 

I now predominantly create work using Lithography, Etching, Collagraph and Relief techniques and have just created enough space to begin building ceramic pieces again.  

I have collaborated with Miranda Ellis – Glassmaker (www.mirandaglass.com ) on a number of projects creating environments populated by glass and several exhibitions that explored the qualities of light, colour and distortion. 

I have a fascination with buildings, the way buildings interact with each other and how a sense of ‘place’ is an important part of who we are and how we live in our environment.

I am inspired by the way architecture mirrors the culture, character and soul of the human. 

Through years of travel in the Britain and abroad, I have developed a fascination for the details that tell the story of a building. Humans create structures in which to shelter, rest, love, eat, work and worship and these spaces hold the essence of the lives that have been led within their boundaries. 

In my work, I use buildings to reflect the human condition, the houses differ in shape, size, detail and colour. They have a soul and a personality and through the stance and clustering of the buildings, the structures represent the thoughts and situations present in the human experience.