hands, clay and nature
I want to create surfaces that have the energy and life of natural surfaces that become as fascinating and infinitely explorable as the natural world.
The artist, Matthew Smith (1879-1959) studied under Henri Matisse in Paris. Matisse encouraged him to intensify his vision of the natural world. The result, he said, was not a conventional description of nature, but an attempt to….”create something as living as nature, so that it itself may continue to live.”
What aesthetic would emerge if I were to fully embrace the need for environmental and ethical sustainability in my work?
What if? I suppose I’m happiest when I’m trying something new. It’s one of the reasons I choose hand-building over
Over the last year a new way of making has emerged that has transformed my work and is now bearing fruit. I’ve just written about it for the about page of the website, but for those of you who follow my blog posts I thought I would share it on here….