Earthfast : A study of place in ceramics

Photo from my MA show, a series of bowls made with Dartmoor clays and minerals, shown with an Ordnance survey map of Dartmoor National Park and a collection of artists books indicating background and research.

“ the thing is not to make pots, but to give them energy to come into being and to let them live, as simple and plain as they are” Richard Batterham 1936-2021

RIPPON : JUBILEE GALLERY MAKESOUTHWEST photo Alban Roinard / NSOA 2022

A collaboration with painter/printmaker Anita Reynolds November 22/Jan 23

Sleet : Stoneware with rock, ash and clay additions

Rippon Tor, Dartmoor, full moon

 

Making and Teaching

I am interested in using materials from close to my home on Dartmoor, Devon. The granite landscape is a source of the clays and minerals which I incorporate into and onto my work.

 

Location

My Dartmoor studio, seen here in the distance. Inspiration all around; colour, texture, form; history, bronze age to the present, evident in this pared back landscape.