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.
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
