In the spring/summer of 2015 I took the leap and went to my first ceramics class in Birnam, Perthshire. I was hooked from the moment I started handling the clay.
Since then I've been playing with stoneware and earthenware, while also experimenting with plaster cast and fulfilling my passion of creating art by hand, with hands as the subject..either literally or metaphorically!
Ever since I was tiny I've been intrigued by hands.
Hands tell stories.
The lines, the grazes the nails, the veins, the shapes - each uniquely different. I look forward to sharing my ceramics and plaster cast journey!
This is one of my first stoneware pieces, I scored and scraped it when it was quite dry (more than leather hard). I realised when working on this piece that texture, especially scoring and scraping felt representative of ageing hands, and of life itself. We are all marked by our experiences, and I feel that my pieces reflect this.
