Living in utilitarian buildings, inhabitants can tend to act passively with their surroundings. My interest lies in reactivating our early human lives and a more intimate interaction with the environment.
I am fascinated by the primitive quality of the ancient objects and ancient houses; the rough uneven surface, the organic shapes that reveal our interaction. They act as a reminder that we are living in a more-than-human world.
I use various techniques to construct my works; throwing, coil building, slab building. I was trained as a painter and drawing becomes important part of my ceramic practice, using brush, water and ink to express the atmosphere of space and this expression is transferred into the clay.
Wrth fyw mewn adeiladau iwtilitaraidd, mae yna duedd i drigolion ymddwyn yn oddefol gyda’u hamgylchedd. Fy niddordeb i yw ail-danio ein bywydau dynol cynnar a rhyngweithio agosach â’r amgylchedd.
Mae ansawdd cyntefig gwrthrychau hynafol a thai hynafol yn fy rhyfeddu; yr arwyneb anwastad garw, y siapiau organig sy’n datgelu ein rhyngweithio. Maen nhw’n ein hatgoffa ni ein bod ni’n byw mewn byd mwy na dynol.
Dwi’n defnyddio technegau amrywiol i adeiladu fy ngwaith; taflu clai, adeiladu torchau, adeiladu slabiau. Cefais fy hyfforddi fel peintiwr ac mae lluniadu’n dod yn rhan bwysig o’m hymarfer ceramig, gan ddefnyddio brwsh, dŵr ac inc i fynegi awyrgylch y gofod a chaiff y mynegiant hwn ei drosglwyddo i’r clai.
