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was born in a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It was not
until I came to live in Dorset that I had a chance to experience the
sea in all its many moods. I fell instantly in love. Since then my work
has been a constant quest to capture the beauty of the sea
along
Dorset's Jurrasic coast in clay and fire.
My pottery mostly
features pooled glazes. These glazes are
sometimes called glazes on the edge. This is because they are
inherently unstable, their beautiful effects resulting from them
running down the surface of the pot. Often they pool in the
bottoms of bowls and other receptacles.
Traditionally pooled
glazes were thought to be of limited use because they are very
difficult to control on vertical surfaces. I have
experimented
with my glazes in various combinations until I now know (most of
the
time) how to judge their application just right. The result then
is a
variegated glaze in vibrant colours that radiates a confident
and
unmistakable quality.
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Sometimes a pot
will
have a few small globules of glaze intruding onto the foot
ring.
This is inevitable using pooled glazes on vertical surfaces.
If I
feel these are too intrusive I grind them back but often I just leave
them as signs of a process frozen in time. I regard them as
marks
of a noble birth. They never detract from the integrity or
the
beauty of the piece.
I can mix and
match most shapes; glazes and
textures shown on my website to suit your needs. Obviously, when
dealing with glazes that rely to some extent on the effects of fire;
form and gravity, matching will never be identical. Each piece I make
is
unique. Nontheless I give my glazes names and each always bears a
family resemblence to the others in the group. Click on Glaze &
Texture Choices above for details.
Click here
to download a copy of my "Purbeck Traveller". It is a condition of
download that you do not edit this file or copy any of its content
without my written permission. Enjoy. |
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