A year on

It's been a year since finishing my MA, and I've been taking time - both to continue making and also to focus on what I want to do going forward. I feel the need to register as a business, but first find a way to describe myself and my story in a succinct, understandable, short …

Language – negative space

I've been reflecting on the space the timber ponds occupy and the words I initially collected relating to this. Liminal space, intertidal sands and mud. Suggesting borders, contrast, shadow, reflection, shifting space, wet and dry, water and wind erosion. As I started sketching the profiles of the timbers the Japanese concept of Ma keeps coming …

Final firing results

The work came out of the kiln today. The bisqued pieces didn't vitrify, the screen printed flask with the clear glaze made the ink less sharp. I would love to try them in the university's raku kiln. The decals melted into the glaze but look shaky, rather than sharp. Low temperature decals next time. The …

Takuro Kuwata

Featured image: Tea Bowl 2013 - Takuro Kuwata - photo by Kenji Takahash courtesy of Kosaku Kanechika (Phaidon, 2017) The principles of critical regionalism and tectonics that I've been exploring over the last few months are visible in ceramic practice, one example is Takuro Kuwata who uses traditional Japanese materials and skills in a contemporary way …