Paula Canney

Paula Canney was formally a member of Greenwich Open Studios and Kent and London Potters. She specialised in making ceramic pieces that were inspired by organic forms found in the natural world.

'My particular interest is in the lovely tactile qualities of clay and its materiality.  As part of the process of doing an MA in Ceramics at UCLAN (University of Central Lancashire), my focus has altered to consider the ways in which the materiality of clay can be used to explore notions of energy and the fundamental essence of human forms.     I hand build, using  coiling and slabbing  techniques.   After 50 years of experience in oriental Martial Arts I also have a fascination with oriental cultures and philosophy.   I am developing works that reflect this passion in the MA in Ceramics that I am currently working on at UCLANPaul'