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Background Information about Su Hudson

My fascination with reptiles and amphibians, their colour, shape and movement has influenced my work for the past decade.

Using hand building techniques and stoneware clay I try to capture a moment in these creatures lives; the slow balancing act of a chameleon or a 'ready to spring' pose of a frog. These are images that I recall from my earliest frogspawn hunting trips as a child to visiting the reptiles in the vivarium at Manchester Museum or sketching the Komodo dragons at Chester zoo.

The colours and textures I use are slowly increasing as I experiment with glazes, metallic oxides and body stains,
So many lizards, so many glazes, so much to learn - I hope you enjoy the work I produce on my journey.