Sonia Lewis

• I work in both stoneware and porcelain.
• My pots begin on the wheel. When they are firmer I turn them and then alter the shapes by squeezing and cutting. The decoration is applied at this stage using slips coloured with oxides. My pots are deliberately worked despite wanting a lively and immediate effect.
• After the first firing glazes are applied. The final firing is done in a reducing atmosphere to 1280C to create the subtlety and sensuality in the glazes for which I am continually searching.
• I am a selected member of both Anglian Potters and the Essex Craft Society.