Adele Sherlock

Adéle Sherlock is a South African ceramic artist known for her hand-built, high-fired porcelain sculptures. Adéle specializes in creating unglazed works that explore the delicate balance between nature, time, growth, and decay. Using press moulds of plants, leaves, and natural objects, she captures the intricate textures and forms of the natural world, creating sculptures that evoke a sense of both fragility and strength. Her work is rooted in a deep connection to nature, with recurring motifs of nests, leaves, and organic forms that highlight the beauty of natural cycles. Each piece is carefully hand-crafted, allowing the raw qualities of porcelain to shine through without the use of glazes. Adéle holds an Honours degree in Design from Stellenbosch University, which has informed her approach to structure and form. Her sculptures have been exhibited at “Cube - Rust en Vrede”, and she was awarded the “First Merit - Western Cape New Signature Awards”. “Nest 2” was selected for the Clay Awards South Africa. Through her work, Adéle invites viewers to reflect on the impermanence of life and the fragile beauty of the natural world. Her structures echo femininity and lightness, beautiful but decaying. This interplay between strength and delicacy is a core to her work. . . the thin line between creation and dissolution, the beauty of impermanence."