Margaret Brown
Ceramics
"I enjoy making colourful hand-painted bowls and mugs either thrown on the wheel or built by hand. The painted designs usually consist of flowers or free-flowing lines. Always my goal is to create bright and cheerful functional pieces to enliven our dining experiences or to complement our living spaces.
I use sprigs and stamps to create surface texture on pots, and I do layering of different glazes to produce special effects. I throw larger decorative pieces on the wheel or I build them by hand using slabs and coils.
Each summer my pottery friends and I create contemporary pieces by doing raku and barrel firings in the garden.
I also make my own mosaic tiles to use in artworks and I will be displaying several of these at the show.
Since I like experimenting with various shapes and processes all my pots are different, and it’s this challenge to master a variety of pottery techniques that inspires me to continue working at pottery and to offer my work for others to enjoy."
I use sprigs and stamps to create surface texture on pots, and I do layering of different glazes to produce special effects. I throw larger decorative pieces on the wheel or I build them by hand using slabs and coils.
Each summer my pottery friends and I create contemporary pieces by doing raku and barrel firings in the garden.
I also make my own mosaic tiles to use in artworks and I will be displaying several of these at the show.
Since I like experimenting with various shapes and processes all my pots are different, and it’s this challenge to master a variety of pottery techniques that inspires me to continue working at pottery and to offer my work for others to enjoy."
