metal is clay

  I’m delighted to share that a collection of my porcelain vessels and vases is available from Willock & Sax Gallery in Banff, Canada  and online. Ceramic vessels allow me to create a unique form every time I work. My pieces are inspired by real and imagined landscapes, geology, deep time, and the science of our universe. I make sculptural vessels based in form and colour, functional vases inspired by my garden, and open forms that welcome food or contemplation. I build these pieces in small groups so that each one can grow at its own pace, developing the form a little and then resting the clay. As my hands shape the vessel, the warmth helps to stiffen and slowly dry the material; it’s this relationship with time that allows me to intuitively generate and capture intense textures and gestural details within the clay surface.  This collection includes unglazed vessels that focus on the natural beauty of the porcelain clay, alongside vases with lots of colourful pops of...