Ceramics

Mandy Henson’s sculptural Armour Series champions bodily autonomy by presenting the female form as both empowered and shielded. Each sculpture, whether life-sized – or smaller – reflects an intricate relationship between body and adornment, where the patterns and embellishments seem less like external clothing and more like extensions of the skin itself. These adornments, akin to a dressmaker’s imagined designs, merge with the body in a way that reflects the seamless intersection between identity and self-expression. The surfaces of the torsos, finished with copper, bronze, or deep brown patinas ( or with wood-fired glazes that create an abalone shell-like effect ) reinforce this fusion of organic form and creative design.