Folded Forms Media: Bone China & Stoneware Clays
Bone China Folded Form
Bone China Folded Forms - Private Collection
Porcelain Folded Forms, h26 and h25cms
Folded Form with Musical Scroll - Private Collection
Bone China Form in Stoneware Vessel
Bone China form with Stoneware Vessel
Bone China Multi Colour Folded Form, h11 - Private
collection
Bone china folded colour form - Private Collection
Porcelain folded form (h30cm)
Rondo 2, Bone china folded form - Private collection
Porcelain Folded Form (h13 x w14 x d11cm) - Private
collection
Prelude, Bone china folded form
Each individual form is hand built using bone china clay. Thinly rolled sheets of clay are folded, scrolled, assembled and fired to 1260°C in an electric kiln. Sizes range from 10cm to 38cm in height. I achieve translucency where the clay is particularly thin. Light and shadow, rhythm and flow pervade the work, giving a sense of movement within positive and negative space.
Instrumental music, plant growth and coastal seascape are important sources of inspiration. Colourful coiled stoneware vessels, with slips and printing of my drawings, can be seen as pieces in their own right or linked with the folded forms.