About
Daria Coleridge’s ceramic sculptures are focused on the essence of capturing movement whilst expressing the synthesis of shape and form. She conveys a sensual and lively tension with harmonious balance and communicates essential human emotions, thoughts and perceptions – creating a kinetic dialogue.
Her Italian and American heritage plays an important part in her psyche. Working alongside her father, Douglas Forsythe Kelley, the American industrial designer (the T-Chair and Elna Lotus sewing machine), helped to inspire her love of art and creative direction. Subsequently, she worked with the architect Dennis Lennon as an Interior Designer for 11 years on the Ritz, QEII, which focused her eye on interconnecting space, light and construction. A two-year diploma in Sculpture in 2001 resulted in commissions of bronze heads over the following ten years.
Wanting to develop a more fluid spontaneous abstraction, she delved into a period of creating rotating forms, trembling ruffles and undulating shapes in ceramics. Three London solo shows (2015-17) persuaded her to deepen her creative focus and perfect her technique by completing an MA at the Royal College of Art in Ceramics & Glass 2019-22.
Other inspirations throughout her career have been the great sculptors and artists of the past and present. Giambologna, Umberto Boccioni, Barbara Hepworth, Magdalena Odundo, Ashraf Hanna. The huge variety of colour glazes she uses are also influenced by the works of Clifford Still, Fulvio Bianconi, Georg Jensen and James Turrell.
