Techniques & glazes
I work with stoneware clays and glazes. The clays I used can be rough or smooth and in a variety of colours.
The figures, as explained before are made in moulds. The larger garden pieces I make are hand built using coils (rolls of clay) which are gradually built up to form the shape I am looking for.
The piece goes through a long process of scraping, smoothing and refining, before being fired at a temperature of about 1000°C. After this initial firing the piece will be covered with glazes (sometimes as many as three) which I mix myself and then is re-fired at a temperature of about 1260°C
Porcelain
During the course of my recent studies I started using porcelain as a medium to explore the fragility of memories and feelings. Because I wanted to create layers of clay, I experimented with various ways of coating paper and ended up using kitchen towel dipped in slip and laid into plaster moulds. Knitting with wire
Continuing with the theme of women's occupations I experimented with wire, both fired and unfired and started knitting with it. I am not a conventionally good knitter but I know how to get the shapes I want by using basic stitches, increasing and decreasing.