My work is fundamentally concerned with the treatment of its surface and that is to combine two contrasting techniques of carving into clay and the burnishing of its surface, into one coherent theme.

Carving into clay creates a three dimensional texture using a series of different levels and depths. It disturbs the surface of the clay body, encouraging the eye to move in, rather than bounce away. With burnishing and then smoke firing the state of the clay body is changed by first sealing it, and then introducing different facets of light and shade by carbonising randomly selected areas. The gold, silver and copper leaf detail applied at the final stage adds another dimension to the final piece of work.

I find the ideas of Henry Moore and Ewen Henderson inspirational in their belief that you should let the material take the lead pushing each one beyond its limit. The curvaceous and uncomplicated structures of Anish Kapoor and Barbara Hepworth, and Gabriele KochÕs gourd-like burnished pots, all appear to have mastered the skill of uniting form with surface which is what I hope to achieve within my work.

Qualifications
BTEC National Certificate, Art and Design: Ceramics
BTEC Higher National Certificate, Art and Design: Ceramics

Memberships
London Potters
Associate Member CPA

Exhibitions
Gold Gallery, Edinburgh (Dec 2002)
Gold Gallery, Edinburgh (February/March 2002)
Wellbeloved Gallery, Dorset (December 2001)
Nine Clarendon Cross , London (November 2001)
The Mall Galleries, London (Art for Youth: Oct 2001)
the.gallery@oxo, London (July 2001)
Artmonsky Arts, London (May/June 2001)
Morley Gallery, Urban Ceramics (December 2000)
The Mall Galleries, London (Art for Youth: October 2000)
the.gallery@oxo, London (August 2000)
Air Gallery, London (May 2000)
The Old Bakehouse Gallery, Chichester (April/May 2000)
Battersea Arts Centre, London (June/July 1999)

Awards
Craft Potters Charitable Trust grant awarded January 2001

Reviews and Press Coverage
Sussex Life (February 2004)
Ceramic Revue Issue number 198 (Nov/Dec 2002)
Marie Claire Magazine (November 2002)
The Argus (October 1st 2002)
London Potters Issue number 82 (April/May 2001)
London Potters Issue number 79 (October/November 2000)
The Independent The Weekend Review (12th August 2000)
 

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