| My work reflects a nostalgia for my childhood days , afternoon teas with my grandmother, starched linen tablecloths, polished silver, home baked cakes, cucumber sandwiches with no crusts and the smell of furniture polish.
My work is mid fire stoneware, multi glazed and decorated with sprigging, as well as both traditional ceramic transfers and computer generated decals, many of which are taken from my grandmother’s Mrs. Beetons Book of Household Management, circa 1900.
The ornamentation on my vessels is influenced by the exaggeration and excesses of Sevres porcelain and Victorian dinner ware. The forms come from the triple curved shape of medieval English baluster jugs, the linear rhythm of Art Nouveau vases, delicately lobed Sung Dynasty bowls and the vivacity of Tang Dynasty tomb figures.
I hope my work will encourage viewers to pause and reflect on their own childhood days, and remember the good things of the past and maybe regret their passing a little. |
