Tile Collection

Here is my tile collection. Most are inspired by William Morris and William De Morgan. They are painted and glazed onto earthenware bisque.

Giant Wave Plate

  I was commissioned to hand paint this seascape a few months ago. It was inspired by  the famous 'Giant Wave' painting by Katsushika Hokusai. It has been painted using Mayco colours and Duncan dipping glaze.It was then fired to over 1000c.

A Partridge In A Pear Tree

I made these cards using stiff black card ,Chinese watercolours , gold and white pens. Wrapped in pretty  ribbon instead of using an envelope.

Merry Christmas to all the women at the Chinese painting class.

Went up to Pendle Hill on Saturday with Trafford A walkers. Fantastic day, bit chilly!!! Had a good meal at the Pendle Inn , lovely.

Here's another Chinese landscape I did about a month ago during Gwens Chinese painting class.

A hazy landscape using chinese watercolour on rice paper. This has inspired me to paint the same scene onto bisqueware. Maybe a tile or vase, I,ll use mayco colour and Duncan dipping glaze. I will blog it when done.

This is a painting that was inspired by Andie Li. I painted this using mayco paints and Duncan glazes onto bisque earthenware. Fired to over 1000c .

This is part of a painting I did during a chinese painting class. It is chinese water colour paint applied to silk, layer upon layer, creating shadows and giving depth. The finished piece was then reversed, pasted onto chinese art paper and pasted onto a window and left to dry. It was lovely to paint.

All the African inspired ceramics are made using traditional coiling methods. The tactile surface was applied during its leather hard state.

I have used various grogged stoneware clays to give stability and strength to the wares.
The interior of the vessels are glazed using a high fire, lead free transparent glaze in line with food safety regulations.

African Inspired Ceramic Collection

I was inspired to create this vessel by studying various ancient and modern African pots on display in Manchester Art Galleries and Museums.This lead to taking on a number of commissions on the same theme.

                                                                                            All of my pot drums have been inspired by Africa and are influenced by The Tuesday Night Drummers. I have made numerous Doumbeck style drums,I use stoneware clay because it carries a good resonance, I also use very little glaze for decoration as I think it effects the quality of the bass. All drums are made using the coil technique and very thin natural goats skins are used for the doumbeck head. You can purchase one of these drums for £50. Please email me at wendywallwork437pottery@gmail.com