I love working with clay. I like being able to turn an idea into a solid form, but show that there is still a connection with the earth from which it has come from. Texture and colour are important to my work, for my current pieces I found myself collecting images of rocks and pebbles for inspiration on colours; I looked at pebbles collected from my childhood holidays by the sea, the shiny geodes that you come across in the seaside shops, they all have influence on my work. My sketchbook contains all my thoughts, I’ll explore shapes and themes to follow and let my thoughts flow onto paper, writing myself questions and suggestions of what else could be done or how would this look? What colours will work well? When it comes to colour, I look to make glazes that represent and highlight my intentions best and adjust the recipe to suit my requirements, creating glazes of variation and texture.
James McNeill Ceramicist
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