NEW WORK

Stoneware urchin pots

PROCESS

Centering clay on my Leach kick wheel_ed

Clay from a local quarry on the north Cornish cliffs is wedged to get rid of air bubbles and is then centered on the wheel

INSTAGRAM FEED

POTTERY AND ME

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Growing up around St Ives, Cornwall within a creative family I was inspired to make art, spending hours sketching the landscape and painting.

In my late teens, however, I moved to Devon and pursued different careers, not picking up a pencil or paintbrush for twenty years! When my children were really little I started crafting and painting porcelain but always felt like I was cheating as I hadn't made the whole item from scratch!

I returned to live in the St Ives area with my family in 2010 and was re-inspired to further my creativity and spent another few years trying to find my artists' 'voice'.

Jumping at the opportunity to study throwing techniques with local master potter and all-round good chap, Adrian Brough, I quickly realised I could utilise favoured techniques in painting, printing and pattern-making in a 3-dimensional format.

After a few throwing lessons learning how to use the Leach kick wheel and how to make cylinders, I moved on to bowls. I was already hooked on clay, but took this bowl home to try some decoration techniques. I spent hours on it and was overjoyed when it emerged safely from the kiln!

My first bowl

Jumping at the opportunity to study throwing techniques with local master potter and all-round good chap, Adrian Brough, I quickly realised I could utilise favoured techniques in painting, printing and pattern-making in a 3-dimensional format.