VENUE 8
9 Orchard Lane, SW20 0SE
Annabel Johnson
Hags Pottery
Pottery classes and Ceramics
Annabel makes functional and decorative ceramics that allow the mind to wander to forgotten places, harnessing the sensory perceptions of walking. She is fascinated by the power of objects to contain memories and stories which can be retrieved through sight and touch.
Her most recent vessels are intuitively altered through textural additions, gestural carving and mark-making. Applying handmade coloured slips, underglazes, oxides stains and clay in its various forms she creates vibrant, tactile surfaces referencing her experiences in the natural world.
What is taken from the pot is put back in new form conjuring up intense feelings of freedom while walking on windswept coastal paths and for example the power of recent storms.
