Ainsdale Pottery

 

Another old sketch of drystone walls and trees – elements of the landscape that have influenced designs on my pots for years.

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Living on the west coast, with miles of sandy beach and huge skies, gives many opportunities for abstract expression of the sheer emptiness in front of you.

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Looking through the autumn bracken to a gritstone edge.

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Abstract designs for pottery decoration using coloured pencil.

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Designs for landscape pots with added colour using pencils.

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Looking back through sketchbooks filled many years ago, this sketch was done for a pot that was never built – maybe one day? But there are many elements that appear in the pots that I still make today.

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Three drawing in coloured pencils employing a more definite design element.

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Developing from stripes to a more overall abstract format.

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Drawings in soft pastel experimenting with stripe patterns.

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Two coloured pencil drawing as possible designs for pots.

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