A Kind of Blue

This piece is about the clay; its pliable, immediate qualities. Like a photograph capturing a ‘frozen moment’ this material when fired fixes forever a gesture, an impression. As with all my work, it is hand built solid. I cut, squeeze, pinch and hit the clay body to achieve the desired form, working instinctively and in the moment. The marks are often created by impressing found objects, their origins occasionally hinted at. How the light interacts with a piece is an important factor in the presentation of the work. Although my work has no prescribed narrative, there is a meditative quality. In pushing the material to its limits my wish is to explore three dimensional shapes and movement while retaining a real sense of the qualities of clay.

The heavily grogged clay body is coloured when wet using body stain and then fired over several days in an electric kiln to 1285c.