statement

personal statement

statement

Ambiguity surrounds my work, through which I strive to sensitively engage the viewer.
Thrown, altered and nurtured on the potter's wheel or meticulously hand built using coils, my sculptural monochromic vessels are Raku fired and then left naked without glaze, only dressed by delicate decoration painted in smoke.
Their organic sensuality invites handling drawing together the space between looking and touching.
My work is driven by the desire to become absorbed in exploring processes, producing pieces that are un-forgivingly tactile and above all aesthetically satisfying.

'Hunch'
Photo credit David Oliver