Belinda Coyne

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Brighton

Belinda’s approach to enamelling is an expressive, intuitive one, grounded in a craft-making tradition, but defined by a contemporary approach to application methods, scale and her visual interpretation of wild and ancient landscapes. 

Initially applying hand-painted and sprayed wet-process enamel onto steel panels, bowls and ‘rulers’; the steel facilitates extensive reworking and physical intervention. The process to incise, rub, sgraffito and brush back the initial layers, creates gestural marks that echo the routes, paths, and stopping points from sketchbook drawings.

After each firing, Belinda uses a wet stone polisher to abrade the enamel surface, a method she sees as reductive drawing. This reveals not only surface marks but also those embedded within the piece, unearthing the hidden narratives of the landscape. The interplay of opaque and transparent sieved enamels builds additional depth and complexity.

This back-and-forth of addition and subtraction is crucial to her work.

Each piece becomes a dialogue between the landscape and the viewer, inviting them to explore the underlying stories and emotions rooted in the geography itself.