My client wanted a modern, glass topped table to go in an otherwise traditional room. So I looked at the motifs carved and inlaid into some of the other furniture. The form of the legs came from that and was developed by looking at the petals and stamen of the bindweed/morning glory that was in flower all round the workshop at the time.
It was the coldest, bleakest part of this last winter. That was when my right arm was gripped with such intense pain that I had to stop working with the clay. I was not happy! But it turned out that this was an opportunity to completely rethink my making process.
The Giving Bowls have just raised over £350 for the Stroud District Foodbank. I’m delighted. They seems to have found a real purpose in life, and their development is a story that is still giving life lessons to me.
An interview with Grant about his creative life and the 2023 exhibition.