Elise’s current body of work was initially developed in the Japanese countryside, it focuses on sculptural, biomorphic shapes and vessels that initially referenced the cloud pruned, sculptural trees found in Japanese gardens. It continues to be explored in Elise’s Homewood studio where it evolves to take reference from new influences, from the human form to brutalist architecture.

There is a dichotomy in our lives between the visible and the invisible, the tangible and the intangible, which preoccupies me. There are forces and dimensions—emotional, energetic, unconscious—which we cannot see with our eyes, but which influence and imbue what we create. I work to create pots that possess a quiet presence, that exude a subtle energy…that are not only functional and beautiful, but soulful as well ~