Stoneware suggests a robust solidity in contrast to porcelain's refined purity. They are both tough materials, made up of the commonest elements of the earth's crust. Stoneware sings of materials fused together in the intense heat of the kiln, to produce both subtle and striking glazes as varied and beautiful as pebbles on a beach.
I have recently been exploring ways to combine my appreciation of stoneware glaze qualities with my love of the graphic treatments I often use on porcelain. Enforced times of reflection during the Covid lockdowns only heightened my desire to respond to the forms and patterns of the natural world.
