Jane Birchall (b. London 1960) is an English multidisciplinary artist whose work centres on sculptural ceramics and acrylic on canvas. After a long spanning career in fashion, interiors and design, she now dedicates herself fully to her practice and divides her time between Malta and her home land.
She has a deep and enduring connection to the island of Gozo, part of the Maltese archipelago, which she first visited in 1984 and continues to draw inspiration from. Influenced by Gozo’s rugged coastline, and its rural inland landscape, her work evokes a powerful sense of Place
Working primarily in clay, the attention is on surface textures and fluidity, typically the rugged textures of local Maltese stone and rocks with the fragile local lace, often intentionally leaving traces of the making process visible. These imprints, together with intense carving and smoothing, create a fluid dialogue between fragility and resilience, land and sea.
Her pieces often reflect a concern for the environmental fragility of this small island and its development over the years, prompting discussion as to just how concerned we should be with its impact. Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions both in the UK and Europe and is held in several private collections.