From the beginning of my fascination with clay, I’ve experimented with different forms and ways to decorate them. Simple clay slip, left over from the throwing process, applied to a surface could make an interesting design. Scratching through a slip into a different coloured surface (called sgraffito) was another method. I was also interested in large forms and how they could be combined. I was having a ball experimenting with every technique I could find.
vase 24 cm h, 1974
‘bamboo’ glaze, brushed design
stoneware, fired to ∆10
horse stein, 1976
iron-rich stoneware, 15 cm h
wax-resist horse over iron-red glaze, ∆10
closed-form teapot, 1978
iron-rich stoneware, 18 cm h
thrown on side, brown glaze, ∆10
faceted canister, 1977
iron-rich stoneware, 25 cm h
white glaze, ∆10
chess set, 1976
thrown clay, slab board,
stoneware, brown and white glaze, ∆10
bottle vase 28 cm h, 1977
stoneware, clay slip over black slip
fired to cone ∆10
planter with tree design 33 cm h, 1976
stoneware with sgraffito through glaze ∆ 10
large lamp base 51 cm h, 1976
brushed kaolin slip, etched design
iron rich stoneware, no glaze, ∆10
large planter, 34 cm h, 1975
wheat design, unglazed exterior
iron-rich clay, fired to ∆10
large floor vase 54 cm h, 1977
glazed stoneware with slip decoration
fired to ∆10
large lamp base, 55 cm h, 1977
stoneware with applied slip design
glazed and fired to ∆10
