Earth, Air, Fire and Water

These four essential elements are critical for both the creation of a simple clay pot, and the miracle of our Earth, transformed into a living, breathing, life sustaining planet.

 “Inexplicable Yearning” in the context of this exhibition, could apply to the artists obsessive preoccupation for their art.

But on a grander scale, I think of the persistence of a tenacious life force that lies at the very core of our existence.

Over Earth’s turbulent history, against all odds, life has repeatedly taken hold.

The first living thing growing from such meagre beginnings as bacteria in a muddy puddle. Not unlike the black mould flourishing in my slurry bucket of clay and water, waiting to be reclaimed and realised into something of beauty.

So, from out of this clay, a new collection of pots has evolved with a prehistoric past in mind.

An array of vessel shapes have been carved and painted in decorative patterns imagined from early life forms of corals and plants.