Current Work
Plates, Chargers and Vessels
A selection of carved plates and vessels. They are coloured with oxides and underglazes. Some vessels are glazed on the inside.
Relief patterns are hand carved, some have sprigs added to give greater depth. Handmade stamps may also be used for pattern but together they are combined to give a variety of surface pattern appropriate to the piece. Colour is applied after the first firing using a mixture of underglazes and oxides. Several firings may be required to achieve the depth of colour.
'The Banquet' Carved Plate, coloured with underglazes
'Apple' Charger, carved black clay
Hearts & Flowers Plate, carved in black clay with added sprigs
Hearts & Flowers Vessel, carved with added sprigs
Detail of Hearts & Flowers Vessel
Carved Globe coloured with underglazes
Detail of Square Bottle, a carved design impressed into the surface
Square Bottle with carved and impressed design
Large carved turquoise bottle with flower detail
Translating Nature Bottle, carved
A carved Parian bowl, flower design
A carved Parian bowl, interlocking design
Birds
Bird forms are individually handmade or slip-cast. A variety of decorative treatments are used, carving, sgraffito, stamping and coloured with oxides and underglazes
Handmade birds on stands.
Detail of large bird with copper leaf beak
Small handmade birds on stands
A variety of carved Parian birds
Carved black Parian birds
Small carved bird on a stand
Smoke fired, small carved birds
Slip cast bird with underglaze and sgraffito
Slip cast bird, coloured with underglazes and sgraffito
A variety of slip cast birds, with underglazes and sgraffito
A variety of carved Parian birds
Small carved smoke fired bird