Marches Makers Festival Artist 2019
Nancy Frost
Why Clay?
As a material, clay has a life of its own. It is wet, juicy, malleable. If you approach it with respect it will do almost anything you ask of it. When fired it acquires durability and a kind of permanence. A successful form, though transformed into something fixed and hard, retains a vigour and a freshness which bring it to life. Striving to achieve this is a journey that only gets more exciting.
What I make:
I produce functional ware as well as work that is more expressive in nature. Making pottery that people choose to bring into their daily lives is deeply satisfying. I believe that using an individually crafted dish at the dinner table can transform a meal from the everyday to the particular.
My sculptural work incorporates found objects – often driftwood – with individually modelled ceramic birds and nest forms. As one living far from the place of my birth, I find potent symbolism in the way birds make their homes from the materials they find in their environment.
I work out of a back garden studio near Kington, which is open to visitors by appointment. I also organise and exhibit in a monthly Art and Craft Market in Kington, held on the third Saturday of every month from April to December.
Why Clay?
As a material, clay has a life of its own. It is wet, juicy, malleable. If you approach it with respect it will do almost anything you ask of it. When fired it acquires durability and a kind of permanence. A successful form, though transformed into something fixed and hard, retains a vigour and a freshness which bring it to life. Striving to achieve this is a journey that only gets more exciting.
What I make:
I produce functional ware as well as work that is more expressive in nature. Making pottery that people choose to bring into their daily lives is deeply satisfying. I believe that using an individually crafted dish at the dinner table can transform a meal from the everyday to the particular.
My sculptural work incorporates found objects – often driftwood – with individually modelled ceramic birds and nest forms. As one living far from the place of my birth, I find potent symbolism in the way birds make their homes from the materials they find in their environment.
I work out of a back garden studio near Kington, which is open to visitors by appointment. I also organise and exhibit in a monthly Art and Craft Market in Kington, held on the third Saturday of every month from April to December.
