Hand thrown Domestic ware

This culminated in the Black and White ware. Work inspired by the countryside of the Derbyshire Peak District – strong bold shapes in black and white, expressive of the shadow and light falling across the hills and valleys of the White Peak and Dark Peak, the line of blue at their meeting, perhaps subliminally echoing the rivers.
Some pieces are currently available to personal callers at the studio in Bonsall in Derbyshire. Email with contact details before calling.

Tea/Coffee Pot £50
Plate £20
Leaning jug, small £16
Leaning jug, large £24
Leaning bowl, small £14
Leaning bowl, med £20
Leaning bowl, large £30
Leaning mug £15
Garden mug £12
Hepworth jug £80

Vases - Cobalt blue painted thrown vessels. Currently all sold

The Hepworth jug is an enduring design, though the difficulties of casting what appears such a clear and satisfying form make this small-scale production. The work has been sold throughout the UK, from way up in the Shetlands to down in Dorset.

On completion of an Applied Arts degree in 1996, I set about refining my skills on the wheel, throwing earthenware domestic ware.
The work was accomplished in a converted chicken shed in a field near Brailsford. Working on a momentum wheel, with no electricity to the site and a small homemade wood burner for heat, I produced quite a range of pieces. Working close to nature with hawks and hedgehogs viewed from the windows, the beehives further up the field, silent in winter and humming with sound in the summer.

A change of sites
A hiatus in the development of my work occurred when my partner and I bought a Chapel in Derbyshire at auction with no planning for conversion.
My chicken shed workshop was like the Marie Celeste – work stopped absolutely – initially through shock at what we had let ourselves in for, subsequently because we had such a range of things to do.
After three or more years break in production, I re-assessed my approach to ceramic work and decided to pursue my elusive wish to create in clay using the figure as inspiration. The ceramic portraits and ceramic figures are part of that development. Read more on ceramic portraits and ceramic figures pages