LISA JONES

The Orbital series draws it’s  inspiration from the intimate scale of 17th-century pocket globes — objects that mapped both earth and sky. Here, larger porcelain hemispheres invite new forms of interaction, their surfaces marked through a slow, tactile process of drawing on ceramic. Each line becomes a trace of movement, a record of time, and an echo of planetary rhythms. The meticulous process resists the immediacy of digital reproduction, transforming the ceramic surface into a site of reflection on presence, time, and space.

Portable Hole shifts this lens to the overlooked surfaces of the urban environment. Through a combination of fine hand-drawn lines and laser-cut etchings on birch, the work captures the delicate fractures of pavements — small fissures that reveal hidden geographies shaped by time, wear, and the quiet force of nature. These circular forms evoke cycles of endurance and change, mapping the tension between the built environment and the natural elements breaking through.

Together, these works present drawing as more than depiction: it is an embodied act of understanding. Whether tracing the vast motions of the cosmos or the smallest cracks underfoot, the exhibition invites viewers to consider how surface, line, and time intersect to reveal the narratives of place and presence.