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Raku Ceramics
The inspiration for the surfaces of my forms comes from the way clay is found in the environment: the cracked clay found in a dried up river bed, the folding rock formations of a cliff face, weathered rocks on a beach, the colours of the desert.
I have always enjoyed the possibilities of manipulation of this most humble of materials, transforming clay to resemble rock, polished leather or wood, or capture permanently the ephemeral nature of nature itself.
The raku process is a continual challenge to control the elements, with the slightest variation in the process offering a myriad of responses in the clay and glaze. There is always edginess to raku firing, you lose concentration, you lose the piece. Every time I fire a piece, there will be something new to discover. It keeps me going.
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