Helen Roberts

CERAMICS

Showing at:
13 Thorpe Lea Road
Peterborough
PE3 6BX
13

Weekend 1 11am-4pm
Weekend 2 11am-4pm
Weekend 3 11am-4pm

I have always enjoyed painting and printing as leisure activities but while on holiday in Singapore four years ago I was introduced to pottery by a Chinese potter and discovered the magic of clay.
I enjoy the tactile experience of direct contact with the clay, feeling the clay’s response to my hands and so each piece is made, not on a wheel, but by hand with only a few small tools.
As I still consider myself a learner in this discipline much of the inspiration for my earlier work came from other pottery, but now I prefer to use all the natural forms around us, together with the nature of the clay itself, to bring an organic feel to my work.
I love to experiment with shapes, textures and glazes and many times I set out with a plan and by the end find I have made something completely different.