My Personal statement
My love of ceramics all started with me collecting studio pottery many years ago, I have a passion for the forms that are created from the raw clay and complexity of glazes made into something aesthetically pleasing and the shapes that a perfectly imperfect.
So, I started potting, so around a year ago and I brought my first wheel, Kiln and batch of chemicals and now I can’t stop I pot as much as I can between all of life’s other inputs.
I am heavy influenced by the master potters both local and international, I’m not going to mention names as there are far too many to mention and I do not want to offend if I miss someone out but looking at their pots and creations make me strive to be able to pot as good as them one day.
I have a passion for Japanese ceramic shape the forms are I want my forms to be functional and to bring beauty to our living spaces. Japanese potters have given me a huge amount of inspiration.
To go within myself and grasp the concept of the form or design that I am creating It is an internal quietness.
You are always looking for something 'out there' to satisfy you. I believe that the clay talks to you and you become more attuned to let if form what it want to become so that the clay and I work together better. It is like a long relationship that will develop over time.
I love pottery in all of forms, and the process from digging the clay from the ground to firing in my home-made gas kilns, and the glazes that have be honed over the years to the high sheen and complexity of the chemical compound that melt and blend together the process of fire.
My work is my opinion of the different forms that the clay will become, I use objects/shapes and forms from our common environment altering and reshaping from my mind’s eye.
I am passionate and dedicated to what I do and am inspired by people and the world around me. My work blends the Japan. I enjoy the process of making pots and most especially love fostering this passion in others. I love the throwing, trimming, glazing, firing and finally, unloading the kiln. sharing of this knowledge is so important and brings me great joy.
My love of ceramics all started with me collecting studio pottery many years ago, I have a passion for the forms that are created from the raw clay and complexity of glazes made into something aesthetically pleasing and the shapes that a perfectly imperfect.
So, I started potting, so around a year ago and I brought my first wheel, Kiln and batch of chemicals and now I can’t stop I pot as much as I can between all of life’s other inputs.
I am heavy influenced by the master potters both local and international, I’m not going to mention names as there are far too many to mention and I do not want to offend if I miss someone out but looking at their pots and creations make me strive to be able to pot as good as them one day.
I have a passion for Japanese ceramic shape the forms are I want my forms to be functional and to bring beauty to our living spaces. Japanese potters have given me a huge amount of inspiration.
To go within myself and grasp the concept of the form or design that I am creating It is an internal quietness.
You are always looking for something 'out there' to satisfy you. I believe that the clay talks to you and you become more attuned to let if form what it want to become so that the clay and I work together better. It is like a long relationship that will develop over time.
I love pottery in all of forms, and the process from digging the clay from the ground to firing in my home-made gas kilns, and the glazes that have be honed over the years to the high sheen and complexity of the chemical compound that melt and blend together the process of fire.
My work is my opinion of the different forms that the clay will become, I use objects/shapes and forms from our common environment altering and reshaping from my mind’s eye.
I am passionate and dedicated to what I do and am inspired by people and the world around me. My work blends the Japan. I enjoy the process of making pots and most especially love fostering this passion in others. I love the throwing, trimming, glazing, firing and finally, unloading the kiln. sharing of this knowledge is so important and brings me great joy.