Adam Frew
Sheana & Adam (April 2009)
The potters wheel is my creative tool, I throw loosely, the
aim is to captivate a sense of movement and freshness in the
soft clay.I misshape my pots. Even as I throw them this intervention
creates an energy and a tension. My style of throwing is akin
to drawing, no two pots can be the same.
The use of a porcelain body has been a rigorous technical challenge.
I don't use porcelain because I think of it as precious, or
for its translucency, or to demonstrate skill. I love porcelain
for its whiteness - my pots are a perfect ground for my inky
cobalt drawing. The mark making is spontaneous, yet considered
"Making pots is my passion"
Clay is a wonderful material which is so malleable in its soft
state. Together with the potter's wheel as my creative tool,
I throw loosely - the aim is to captivate a sense of movement
and freshness in the soft clay. I misshape my pots even as I
throw them and this intervention creates both energy and a tension
in the finished piece. My style of throwing is akin to drawing,
so that no one pot can be the same as another.
I love Porcelain for its whiteness and my pots are a perfect
ground for my inky cobalt drawings. The mark making is spontaneous,
yet considered. The decoration, like freedom in the making,
is sometimes taken to its limits, the pot being covered in marks,
drips and splashes of pigment or sometimes held back to the
simplicity of a single line.
