Path and Inspiration
Libby Daniels works as a full time potter from her home studio in Haslemere, Surrey. A graduate of the BA Ceramic Design course at Staffordshire university, then a long career as an Art teacher she set up her studio in 2018 to begin her journey as a ceramicist. Libby creates pots which are influenced by the Sussex coast, found pebbles and patterns in nature. Her own clay stamps are used as well as freely painted abstract patterns on the vessels.Process and Practice
Sea-worn flint pebbles collected from the beach, with their surprising colours and abstract patterns give rise to freely formed pots. Using a variety of techniques, pieces are thrown and altered then rims shaped. Others are stamp impressed and slab formed. The distinctive, precise coloured line of the rims are an exact margin from the exterior to interior of the vessel. The layers of hand painted, thin underglaze in blue, grey, green and orange echo the abstract markings and patterns.
