Kay’s present work uses a combination of clay, glaze and glass to make platters and bowls. One of the influences for this work is the way her grandchildren work with clay. Lots of colour and exuberance, and nothing symmetrical.
She first felt the magic of clay when pottery was one of the subjects taught in the design course she was doing a Tai Tokerau Polytech, in Whangarei in 1993.
She was immediately enchanted by the feel of clay, the way it responded to every touch, the heat and noise of the kiln being fired, the buckets of sludgy glaze that would transform (usually!) into beautiful colours. She is as captivated by that magic today. Still experimenting, still learning, still loving it.
She hopes that you get as much pleasure from her work as she does creating it.
