After a career in social work, Rachel moved to her partner’s home country of South Africa where her two children were born. The energy and beauty of the landscape, and the people, rich in making and creativity, rekindled her own love of art, architecture, design, and creativity.
Once returned to the UK, Rachel enrolled on a pottery class where she fell in love with the medium of clay. This led her to pursue her passion, and she set up her own small studio.
Rachel makes hand-built vessels and sculptures through coiling and is influenced by the simplicity, beauty, and craftsmanship of Danish design. Famous for its clean lines, natural materials, and muted colours. She enjoys the harmony of natural soft forms, biomorphic rounded shapes, and calm colour.
The focus of her work is form and texture which she creates with a variety of grogged stoneware clays to create a subtle colour palette and interesting surfaces. She loves the natural state of the clay, maintaining the connection to the material, and the appreciation of texture. Most of her work undergoes one slow fire in an electric kiln to Cone 6, although she occasionally adds a white slip after a bisque fire to enhance the surface finish.
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