Batch production of my cups
I have enjoyed the repetitive yet instinctive process of working to produce 60 cups. With every 300g of clay differing from one another, depending on its impurities, percentage of bone, or where exactly it had been collected from on the farm.
The distinctive nature of this material meant that throwing 60 cups of the same width height and weight was challenging to achieve. Yet, this is where I find myself most intrigued by materials, throwing 60 symmetrical cups from commercial terra cotta would hold far less value to me in both process and outcome. Hopefully, this intrigue and fascination of materials and their effect on a making process is just as accessible to people viewing my work.
Finished cups before bisque firing
Finished Drinking cups
A selection of my finished drinking cups fully fired and glazed.
A selection of fully glazed bowls
A series of photographs that show the varying colour tones and material qualities of my glazed earthenware bowls.
Throwing some large water jugs.
Replicating the form of smaller eating bowls to make some serving bowls
By keeping the form consistent but just increasing the scale, I felt that the materiality would be exhibited whilst keeping a cohesive body of work.
