SH489X67 Saggar Snail Shell Pot
Sue’s interest in Central African textiles has led her to develop forms that combine geometric pattern, rhythm, and texture. This striking hand-built sculpture features a snail-studded surface, emphasising its tactile quality. It is saggar-fired, giving it a distinctive metallic finish.
£750.00 £676.28 outside the UK PRODUCT CODE:SH489X67
Height:
18 cm
Width:
18 cm
Materials:
Earthenware
Firing Technique:
saggar fired
Technique:
Hand Built
About this maker
Sue originally trained as a sculptor at Saint Martin’s School of Art in London gaining a degree in Fine Art (Sculpture). First working in wood and metal, she discovered clay in the late nineties.
A chance encounter with a South African potter led to Sue’s fascination with burnished and smoked African and South American pots. Then in 1997, she attended a transformative course in Greece run by ceramic artist Alan Bain. There she began hand-building pots, working with terra sigillata slips, acquiring burnishing skills, and being introduced to pit firing.
