studio enquiry and inclusive clay practice
This page shares work connected to my ceramics R&D at Common Clay. I’m using this year to establish my own practice and to explore more inclusive, person-centred approaches to working with clay. This includes testing adaptive approaches to the newly installed accessible wheel at Common Clay.
The images and notes here focus on process, experimentation and what I’m discovering along the way.
Process images from supported sessions at Common Clay (funded separately), showing the communal studio environment that this R&D grows from.
Work produced during an 8-week ceramics course; further experiments are recycled into reclaimed clay as part of an ongoing material enquiry.
Initial glaze explorations — understanding surface response.
Early throwing tests — building consistency and control.
During this year I will dedicate one full day each week to studio practice at Common Clay, complete three ceramics courses focused on throwing, surface and glaze, and test adaptive approaches to accessible wheel use. I’ll document experiments through writing and photography, and share learning within the studio community.
This work takes place within Common Clay CIC, an artist-led ceramics studio in Bexhill-on-Sea offering memberships, classes and community workshops.