Ancient Sentinels black stoneware 07

Product description

Black stoneware with a dry maganese and copper finish, the three pieces constitute one work.

As I work I respond to the clay's ability to reflect and express my physical tactile and spatial experiences-of figures in space, of sea and land, rocks and mountains and the whole gutsy feeling of life.

All the work is stoneware, about 60% wood fired in an anagama kiln to around 1300 c, the firing process influencing surface qualities dramatically; the other 40% is fired either in an electric or gas kiln and utilises lots of glazes and oxides to enliven surfaces