Penny Fowler

As a London based potter my work reflects 21st century living and the city in which I live. It is characterised by clean, precise urban lines and forms drawn with a strong palette. My objective in working with clay is to create beautiful, precise and dynamic forms.

I make bold simple vessel forms layered and carved with very contrasting, dramatic coloured clays creating strong, simple abstract designs. The decoration aims to be an integral part of the form, the designs flowing with and into the form.

I aim for each work to be complete, using the effects of light, shade and in some work translucency to gain an intimate link between form and decoration. I often work with pairs of forms enjoying the challenge of making them link together, using positive and negative images.

I am excited by the challenge of pushing the clay to its physical limits by making ever thinner and finer forms, this reinforces it's fragile yet uncompromising appearance. Each piece is considered individually and emerges as a unique piece of work.

My primary interest is to explore the subtlety of the simple hollow form, in which with the exception of my lamps, the function is secondary to the form.
I enjoy the translucency and whiteness of Bone-China clay which I use for some forms and my lampshades, playing with different depths of translucency, opacity, light and shade.

Inspiration comes from many sources; I am always sketching and collecting images and objects. Sources include architectural features in the urban landscape and life drawing. I visit museums and have been influenced by the 3D effects of relief carvings of peoples like the Assyrians.

My work arises from abstracting, developing and combining different aspects of the natural and man made world.

Prices range from:

Tall Bell Forms
Porcelain

Lamp with Shapes
Porcelain

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