Justine AllisonWest Wales, UK

BIOGRAPHY

Since leaving Camberwell College of Art in 1998 I have been primarily working with hand built porcelain. My work addresses the boundaries between function and decoration. Form is paramount; function is a driving motivation, but it is the aesthetics of a piece that are key to my making. The early influences from London; buildings, windows, streets and sounds remain with
me although living in rural Wales.

My work is very much concerned with the simplicity and beauty of the clay and incorporating pattern and texture as well as glaze to create subtle, unique variations.

Thinness and movement are very important in each piece. This particular body of work shows a development of interest within grouping of vessels.