Jane Hollidge

• After being a painter for many years, I decided to take a course in ceramics and became totally hooked!
• I am inspired by the natural form and this is why I enjoy raku work most of all. It is the unpredictability of this method which fascinates me; the natural forces of fire seem to create a swirling galaxy of colours and each pot becomes totally unique, like a painting.
• My pots are first fired to 950c in an electric kiln, then painted with oxides and then refired in a gas kiln outside at 1050c. They are transferred into sawdust filled bins for a period of reduction.
• I also like working with porcelain and stoneware which I fire to 1200C in a woodburning kiln and at the moment I am concentrating on slab forms.