CENTRE FOR MODERN & CONTEMPORARY
STUDIO CERAMICS AND ORIGINAL ARTWORK

A thirty year background in precision engineering has trained me to work with a meticulous eye for tight tolerances, refined lines and defined angles. My interests in nature and contemporary architecture have been incorporated to create pieces that contain the essence of natural forms in shapes that have clarity of line and beauty in simplicity. The sense of movement in my pieces is informed by waves of sea or the motion caused by wind as it travels through foliage, bending boughs, creating fluidity of form.

After experimenting with many styles, I now favour and produce contemporary pieces with strong simple lines and angles - textured surface decoration with sophisticated colouring, and shapes that have a flow and architectural feel to them. I also find the interplay between light and shadow very interesting and will invariably try to incorporate a facet of this into my work. The natural light sources of the external environment add further dimensions of possibilities – more life through movement of the sun, clouds during the day, moonlight at night…

All my work is hand built using slabs of stoneware clay and I construct each piece individually without the aid of moulds. The modelling and carving of the finer detail ensures each piece is unique. Following bisque firing to 1000°C, I apply my own glazes and finally fire to 1250°C.