Striated Vase 28 x 10 cm
Wind on Water 2020
The exhibition featured new porcelains and unglazed black and custom blended stoneware vessels with deeply textured surfaces, which appear to have been formed through meteorological, seismological or other natural processes. In this body of work I have endeavoured to emulate not only the appearance of natural formations, but also through several experimental ceramic processes, the ways in which the forces of energy on matter create such surfaces; hence the title Wind on Water. The roughly textured surfaces are achieved through cutting and stretching the clay or applying slip prior to or during the throwing on the wheel. The work is complete once the wheel has stopped; there is no carving or other manipulation of the surface after the work has been thrown. Thus the surface texture develops as part of the throwing process.
All works are high fired to 1300°C, which makes them watertight and thus suitable for holding liquids.
Ikebana
Several of the works were purchased for use with Ikebana arrangements and examples of current and previous works may be seen on the Ikebana page.
Aurora Bowl 8 x 26 cm
Wheel Thrown
The wheel thrown works are created from one piece of porcelain. Many of the vessels are double walled while some are closed forms with the opening cut out before drying.
For more images and further information on the nature, origins and qualities of porcelain, including Southern Ice porcelain, see the Southern Ice porcelain page.
Porcelain with Aurora Glaze
The exhibition Wind on Water also featured Southern Ice and Lumina porcelains with an aurora glaze as well as other recently developed crystalline matte glazes.
