Janet Cross – portfolio

Contact the artist

01865 556093
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Exhibition information

The work displayed in my garage/studio is surrounded by my working tools; boxes of test tiles; a board of images on paper that appeal to me; all the oxides and clays I use, and a shelf high up with pots that carry an idea that needs further exploration.

There are groups of white porcelain and white earthenware pots large and small, translucent and opaque, all glazed inside so that they can hold water. Other collections of small coloured glazed pots. Also a random selection of plant pot containers, different shapes and colours. My most recent work is a collection of slip cast painterly pots, jars and bowls.

Artist information

I am a ceramicist who likes the process of hand building pots and very rarely explores her ideas by drawing. I like to think with my fingers, sometimes using a robust paper that you can tear, glue, and staple and then dampen to create the form. Or I like to start with a sheet of rolled out clay held around a former and allow the clay to have a mind of its own and create a shape. More recently I have been slip casting forms and covering them with textures found in bark.