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Image by Andrew from Lancashire | in art & design, 3d & sculpture, clay

From the very first time I dropped a lifeless piece of clay on a potter’s wheel I knew I wanted to create fascinating objects that evidence maker and process. The main ambition of this body of work is to dispel the myth that wheel thrown ceramics has to have a function. Do thrown objects have to uniform cylindrical form? Does the maker have to remove all evidence of the production process? And finally do all thrown objects have to have a shiny glaze? Throwing the objects, cutting away the base, manipulating the form and the use of Raku firing methods allows me as a maker to interact with the object, and to affect the overall outcome thus leaving evidence of the makers hand and skill.