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“I love working with clay. It is a plastic, fluid substance that can be manipulated into shapes forming useful vessels.
To have the ball of clay on the wheel with an intention to create something new and fresh is intensely enjoyable. I love working with clay. I love the process from wet, malleable material to fired vitrified pottery. The process of raw clay to finished product is long and involved, but with experience the stages are achievable and even the end result predictable. This allows then for the creative process to bring about a fusion of materials, physical work and brainpower. There is a lot of waiting working with clay; pots drying ready for the kiln, loading the kiln, glazing the pots then firing the kiln. This waiting is like a meditation where each stage the results thus far are considered. The opening of the kiln at the completion of the process is both worrisome and wonderful. Will the end result thrill or disappoint?
I make these pots at Woodhill near Berry in my studio amongst the gum trees looking out onto the escarpment. My gas-fired kiln is my friend that entertains me when I have completed a body of work, rewarding me with the experience of seeing and using the successful result.
“I love working with clay. It is a plastic, fluid substance that can be manipulated into shapes forming useful vessels.
To have the ball of clay on the wheel with an intention to create something new and fresh is intensely enjoyable. I love working with clay. I love the process from wet, malleable material to fired vitrified pottery. The process of raw clay to finished product is long and involved, but with experience the stages are achievable and even the end result predictable. This allows then for the creative process to bring about a fusion of materials, physical work and brainpower. There is a lot of waiting working with clay; pots drying ready for the kiln, loading the kiln, glazing the pots then firing the kiln. This waiting is like a meditation where each stage the results thus far are considered. The opening of the kiln at the completion of the process is both worrisome and wonderful. Will the end result thrill or disappoint?
I make these pots at Woodhill near Berry in my studio amongst the gum trees looking out onto the escarpment. My gas-fired kiln is my friend that entertains me when I have completed a body of work, rewarding me with the experience of seeing and using the successful result.
“I love working with clay. It is a plastic, fluid substance that can be manipulated into shapes forming useful vessels.
To have the ball of clay on the wheel with an intention to create something new and fresh is intensely enjoyable. I love working with clay. I love the process from wet, malleable material to fired vitrified pottery. The process of raw clay to finished product is long and involved, but with experience the stages are achievable and even the end result predictable. This allows then for the creative process to bring about a fusion of materials, physical work and brainpower. There is a lot of waiting working with clay; pots drying ready for the kiln, loading the kiln, glazing the pots then firing the kiln. This waiting is like a meditation where each stage the results thus far are considered. The opening of the kiln at the completion of the process is both worrisome and wonderful. Will the end result thrill or disappoint?
I make these pots at Woodhill near Berry in my studio amongst the gum trees looking out onto the escarpment. My gas-fired kiln is my friend that entertains me when I have completed a body of work, rewarding me with the experience of seeing and using the successful result.