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I am really excited about making pottery. I love the way the texture of local clay is revealed on the foot of a bowl, and the way dark clay glows through a white slip under an amber ash glaze. I love the pattern made by the Korean paddle and anvil on a large Onggi jar, and the way this technique creates an almost exploding volume. The color variation in slips and glazes caused by the subtle changes of atmosphere in a wood kiln fascinate me. Historical folk pottery inspires both my pots and my way of working and I hope to continue the tradition of having beautiful things a part of our everyday lives. These pots are made using a coarse local red clay that I usually use under a white slip. Over the slip and clay I use various glazes containing local materials and wood ash. The thick white is made from a mix containing rice husk ash and the black contains local gravel settlings and ash. The smaller pots are thrown on a Korean style kick-wheel which can give them a softness reminiscent of wet clay still on the wheel. The larger pots are made using a Korean paddle and anvil technique. They are fired in a large Thai shaped wood-kiln. |
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