Music saves

Tim’s series of cassette tape sculptures and plates invite the viewer to participate in the holistic approach of using music to heal and balance their mental health. Tim explores fundamental and rudimentary tools of production, including rolling pins, kitchen knives and household hand tools. Tim then introduces glaze, underglaze, slip, oxide, lustre and tissue transfers and fires at stoneware temperatures. The results are handmade, one-off and uniquely finished sculptures which capture the essence of vintage cassette tapes and the simpler time they were from. For Tim nostalgia is a powerful tool, not just for viewing the past through rose coloured glasses but a coping mechanism for the present and even the future.