Clare Conrad

Wheel-thrown stoneware ceramics with innovative, experimental surface decoration using layered vitreous slips. These are mixed from raw materials with primary glaze stains resulting in an infinite array of subtle colours. Initial inspiration was from a college trip to Venice while studying on the ceramics degree course at Bristol: the peeling surfaces of the sun-faded, painted, weathered walls of the buildings entranced me. I've been obsessed with texture and colour ever since. I make simple, elegant forms, which are then decorated to celebrate aging artefacts, and dramatic land and seascape.