Jammy Dodgers – better than the Bourbon and Custard Cream? The jury has always been out at CultureLabel until ceramicist Rebecca Wilson sent us her latest work ‘Light Snack’ which elevates one of the nation’s family favourites to new artistic heights and into this sumptuous chandelier.

Rebecca’s dazzling ‘Light Snack’ made its debut at Collect this year, the flagship event from the Crafts Council held at The Saatchi Gallery and features over 1500 replica biscuits made of milk white translucent bone china and vivid pink jammy resin.

Here she tells us more about baking ceramic biscuits and glamourising the most basic of human pleasures:

Tell us more about ‘Light Snack’…
In this age of austerity we must look to the humble things that make us happy, and we must celebrate them with reckless abandon. The Light Snack series, which aims to glamorise the little pleasures in life, has been on my mind for a good while now.

Can you tell us more about the process of making ‘Light Snack’?
Repetition, repetition, repetition! That just about sums it up. The first stage in the process was to create moulds for the three different sizes of biscuit (they diminish in size as they reach the top and bottom of the chandelier). It took around 10 weeks to cast, cut out centres, drill holes and fettle 1500 jammy dodgers (plus spares). I then added the jam to each biscuit after firing and am proud to say that every single one was made individually, by my own hands.

What and who inspires your work?
My work is a collage of imagery and objects, and the recurring theme that brings the disparate areas of inspiration together is temptation – be it a naughty 50’s pinup, a flouncy shiny porcelain figurine, or a big fruity, creamy tart! I love the work of 50’s calendar artist George Petty, whose voluptuous and curvy ladies really look like they would have given into the temptation of the odd custard slice.

What are your plans for the future?
My current project is another ambitious light piece. I am creating a fibre optic chandelier for an exhibition entitled ‘Reflection’ at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh in November. In this piece cups of tea will hang from a single fibre optic strand and will have a light source within it, creating a ghostly glow. The concept for this piece entitled ‘One Hundred Cups of Tea, Never to Be’ is that the ghostly little cups are the unrealised potential of the broken teapot.

I’ll also be at Lustre in the Lakeside Arts Centre in Nottingham from 4^th – 6^th November showcasing my domestic and jewellery ranges there, including tableware and lighting.

View Rebecca Wilson’s full collection and read more about her work on CultureLabel here.