Recently I have noticed a beautiful pink-grey-mustard colour combination in art, prints, textiles and interior design.
I have made a collection of porcelain bottles with the same colour combination. The bottle shapes are inspired by the still life paintings of Giorgio Morandi. The glazes are all made from raw materials in my studio. The mustard yellow comes from nickel and titanium, while the pink is made from rutile and tin oxide. These are chalky matt glazes with microscopic crystals covering the entire surface of the glaze. The pale grey is made from a combination of cobalt and nickel oxides in a dolomite glaze. Where the glazes overlap, there are interesting reactions. The dark grey box frame was made by Henry Bloomfield.
I will be showing the new bottles and vases in the British Craft Pavilion at the London Design Fair, the new name for Tent London at the Old Truman Brewery on September 22-25. Also during the London Design Festival, on 20 September I will be demonstrating throwing on the wheel at the Canvas Home showroom.
