My latest work ‘Earth Series’ presents the results of how certain activities impact on the physical landscape. This work is driven by my new fascination with the landscape combined with my knowledge of ceramic and glaze technology acquired over two decades of my own ceramic practice.
The very act of making from clay references geological processes which provide the setting for the terrain within which an event takes place every millisecond. To communicate the narrative of the landscape I decided for the first time to use slips, glazes and metal oxides as paints rather than as a decorating medium and use my ceramic forms as canvasses. For the purposes of creating this work I have not only used my existing glaze palette but I have also formulated several new slips and glazes in order to express the language of topography with greater clarity.
The complexity of the Earth’s story where landscapes gradually or dramatically change through the forces of nature or the endeavour of man is what intrigues me, and through my own creative process this enquiry culminates in the firing where geological history is accelerated to a matter of hours in order to effect a permanence.
My latest work ‘Earth Series’ presents the results of how certain activities impact on the physical landscape. This work is driven by my new fascination with the landscape combined with my knowledge of ceramic and glaze technology acquired over two decades of my own ceramic practice.
The very act of making from clay references geological processes which provide the setting for the terrain within which an event takes place every millisecond. To communicate the narrative of the landscape I decided for the first time to use slips, glazes and metal oxides as paints rather than as a decorating medium and use my ceramic forms as canvasses. For the purposes of creating this work I have not only used my existing glaze palette but I have also formulated several new slips and glazes in order to express the language of topography with greater clarity.
The complexity of the Earth’s story where landscapes gradually or dramatically change through the forces of nature or the endeavour of man is what intrigues me, and through my own creative process this enquiry culminates in the firing where geological history is accelerated to a matter of hours in order to effect a permanence.
