Jon Williams Studio Pottery
I love making these!!! – so much fun to produce! ??
They start life on the potters wheel as thin, solid cones. Texture is added whilst the clay spins and each one finally curled from the tip down.
They’re insect antennae, added to the bodies of sculptural bees, bugs and snails. ? ? ?
That said, I reckon they hold their own as mini-sculptures reminiscent of unfurling ferns or organic iron work.
These poor little fellas have been thrown, slipped, cut, stretched and pulled apart on the potter’s wheel!
I’m enjoying seeing how far I can push the material with the aim to capture or preserve the point of disintegration. It’s a tricky balance to strike and I probably loose a third of what I’m making?
Anyway, it’s great fun and very rewarding when you get one that stands up. Each pot is truly individual and I’m considering smoke firing them to add a further layer of randomness!
