In a new series of works titled, "Ghosts from the Sea", Ikuko Iwamoto
explores environmental concerns. Growing up near the sea in Japan,
on a diet of mainly pescatarian food, these sculptures arose from
Ikuko’s concerns about the irreparable environmental damage caused by modern fishing practices.

Ikuko
comments,"These fish are the ghosts of the sea representing those destroyed by fishing practices such as bottom trawling,
those species captured by mistake and disgarded and those killed by plastic waste."

Ikuko's
skill and imagination have come together in this poignant work that
harks back to her roots in Japan where she trained under ceramic master
Asuka Tsuboi, one of the pioneering women potters to emerge in Japan in
the 1970s. Before coming to London encouraged by Tsuboi to study at
Camberwell and the RCA. This work is a culmination of everything we love
about Ikuko’s work. She creates work with sensitivity, wit, patience,
incredible craftsmanship and attention to detail.