We live and work on an isolated farm in mid-Wales with our three daughters. The space, quietness and landscape of our environment all enhance our lives and influence our work.
The images on the archive page show the story of our development.
Having trained in production throwing we feel grounded in functionality.
The constraints and demands of making (and selling) domestic wares are considerable, yet the appeal of making objects that serve well in daily life is an enduring one.
The repetition of making by hand ensures a gradual honing of skills and allows on-going modification of form.
In design terms we hope to find a good balance between being minimal and quiet yet interesting.
Decoration has always been hugely enjoyable to apply and plays an important role within the constraints of form and function. These have been our foremost concerns since setting up our workshop.
With this new found confidence has come a new area of development, ‘cylindrical forms’ which began in 2010.
The cylindrical forms represent a major departure in that they are not functional and have titles.
They are vehicles for mark-making, the cylindrical wall being a canvas for expression.
Common themes are the meeting or juxtaposition of two contrasting areas and the nature of the join (for example “seam” and “ladder”), the quality of the joining matter (for example “thread”) or simply the tension at the point of juxtaposition (for example cylinders 1, 4 and 5).
Those pieces therefore reflect perceptual experiences, whilst being concerned with formal abstract qualities such as balance, contrast and subtlety.
Tilla, June 2011
For a pdf of our current joint c.v. click here