Judy Adams Ceramics

I work with black stoneware clay. My aim is to create pieces that reflect the inherent qualities of the clay itself, and to form and decorate using the minimum of tools, so that the finished piece reflects both the material and the maker.  I like ’hand made’ to be simply what the words imply!

I make a variety of decorative forms and abstract art pieces using a variety of techniques, then decorate with my own abstract slip designs while the clay is still soft. The motifs are influenced by 20th century art and textiles while the forms have echoes of Cycladic and Minoan pottery.  Exteriors are unglazed showing the matt finish of the coloured slips and the clay itself.

While there are recurring shapes, motifs and colours in my work, each piece is unique in its form and decoration. The work is fired to 1185 degrees Celsius in an electric kiln. Pieces bear my maker’s mark of a swallow impressed into the base.