Handbuilding and Faceting

During 2024–2025, my practice centred around the creation of stoneware vessels, developed through a combination of making techniques. I focused particularly on faceting, a process I’m deeply drawn to, where firm clay is sliced and pared back to reveal the newly chiseled surface beneath. This physical, responsive action became central to the work.

Each piece brought together a unique combination of throwing, hand-building and carving, resulting in forms with their own distinct charm. These vessels explored the tension between irregular, hand-carved contours and the more bound lines of a centred, thrown form.

All of the work was glazed using personally formulated recipes, selected for how they interact with each pot. I was interested in how glazes move and settle across the form, responding to its geography. The palette drew from the muted tones and textures of the natural landscape and coastline, expressed through a coherent range of finishes, matte, glossy, and crystals created by calcium. Each chosen to respond to the clay and surface beneath.