Preview

Current Exhibition is at the Albany Gallery, Cardiff from August 23rd - September 15th.
Previewed here is a selection of work to be seen there. To buy any of these pieces, contact the Albany Gallery on
029 2048 7158 or info@albanygallery.com

'Floe' Series #1. 18cm x 14cm high.

Bowls. 13 - 17cm diameter.

'Helix'#2 . Approx 36cm h.

'Floe' Series#2. Tallest approx 18cm h.

Detail.

Preview Archive

Preparations for Ceramic Art London, March 2007 - Making Sequence

10 Jan 07
I was given this beautiful lacquer lid by Doug Jones (of Floating Earth and Art in Clay fame) a few years ago, and I have been trying to make a jar to suit it ever since without much success.

Today I threw this large piece then cut facets with a cheese wire...

31st Jan 07

The jar has stiffened enough to make the gallery. A ring of clay is thrown on another wheel, and placed on the rim of the jar.....

This is then thrown again, to form the rim...and the bottom edge is cut, to begin to form the lower edge which echoes the freedom of the facets...

The next stage is to wait for the piece to dry to leather hard and trim the bottom. I expect to be posting more images in a few days.

Feb 11th

Trimming and the addition of an coil to give a foot - I want the piece to appear to float and to give more space for the glaze to flow. I intend to use a rather fluid 'Chun' glaze.

.............and the addition of an coil to give a foot. I want the piece to appear to float and to give more space for the glaze to flow. I intend to use a rather fluid 'Chun' glaze, we'll have to see what happens when it's fired.

22nd Feb

In the biscuit kiln.... and then, glazed and ready to go into the kiln again for a glaze firing up to 1310C. It will be coming out in a couple of days. I'll post the final picture of the piece soon.

Please wish it luck! and send feedback about this new page on my website or ask any questions you may have by clicking here.

25th Feb

It came out of the kiln very well - the most amazing thing was the lid fitted perfectly. It's extremely hard to do this as porcelain shrinks 15% so to calculate the shrikage this well was a bit of a fluke. Pictures below: the chun glaze has poured down the sides and created a deep blue line where is finishes - very satisfying. Feedback what you think of the piece here...

(PS: 28th Feb - the jar has sold already, and sadly it won't now be coming with me to CAL.....hope the photos are an OK substitute for seeing the real thing at CAL.)