“The bright colours, the exaggerated shapes and the over-sized pieces mock the circus that is our day-to-day,” writes Xanthe Somers in her artist’s bio. There’s an outlandish over-the-topness to her ceramic sculpture that steals the limelight from most else in my Instagram feed. I love how she re-imagines the conventional vase –– some are almost as tall as she is –– and how her lighting is both functional and wildly eccentric. “My use of color, pattern, shape, size and form are all indicative of a search for something slightly different,” she says, “something that asks you to question prevailing ideas about need, function, beauty and aesthetics.”

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