Victoria Thompson Ceramics

Including ceramicists: Jim Malone Shoji Hamada Phil Rogers Ken Matsuzaki Charlie Collier Lisa Hammond Jean-Nicolas Gérard Mike Dodd Anne Mette Hjortshøj Nic Collins Roelof Uys Matt Foster Lucie Rie Mick Casson Jennifer Lee Robin Welch Rachel Wood Richard Long Karen Howarth Richard Batterham Zeba Imam

I've always found it fascinating how a simple change in perspective can reveal something entirely new. This short video of Swan Creek is a good example. By removing the colour and presenting it in black and white, details that might otherwise slip by suddenly become much more apparent. My eye is immediately drawn to the grasses in the foreground. Their subtle movement becomes almost graphic, creating layers that are easy to overlook when distracted by the rich palette of gree

I have recently been spending time looking at The Arrival of Spring by David Hockney. It is a remarkable collection of drawings created entirely on an iPad using the Brushes app. Hockney has an excuberant use of colour and he captures the subtle changes in light, weather and season. He doesn't aim for photographic realism but instead uses colour to evoke a feeling of being immersed in the landscape. Relative to my own series of photographs of the same tree over time, I enjoy