Ostfriesia Series
The inspiration for my Ostfriesia series is drawn from memories of family visits to my father’s birthplace on the Friesland peninsula.
Where the North Sea breaks on the Friesan plain, shattering into a lattice of canals, grasslands and dunes.
The wide horizon brings a clarity to the delicate colourings of soft greys, delft blues and celadon evident in the flat landscape,
as well as nod towards the Dutch and Chinese histories with porcelain.
Thin mists, marshland fogs, and sea haze powder the skylines, blurring distinctions from land, the sea and sky.
The Distraction Bowl aesthetic is featured in this series with vessels which twist looking both onwards and backwards.
Vessels titled: Sea Fret, Haar, Het Riff, and Nord with colours hellebore, tawny, pistachio and fog incite the coming spring.
Ostriesia Blue Distraction bowl H.28 X W.22cm with Engraved Jade Distraction H.32cm
Feather detail graal vessel H.30cm
Fog Marsh Distraction Vessel H.28 x W.22cm Tall Tea Soleus H.60cm x W.12 x D.7cm Tall Hellebore Soleus H.46 x W.12 x D.7cm
Ostfriesia II Distraction Vessel H.31 x W.20cm x D.15cm
Haar & Mauve Round (H. 28 x W. 23cm ; H. 30 x W. 24cm)
Haar Kasui smoke blue, tawny H.32 x W.23 x D.20cm & mini Kasui
Frosted Soleus Vessel, Tall Delft Blue Vessel H.46 X W.12 x D.7cm Blue Graal Vessel H.34 x W.15 x D.9cm
Ostfriesia Series
Nord- tawny H.39 x W.17 x D.9cm Ostfriesia I Distraction Bowl H.28x W.22x 10cm
Haar and Mauve Round in situ
Haar Pod: H.15
Ostfriesia Mini: H.15 x W.12 ; Nord H.39 x W.17 x D.9cm ; Jade Distraction Vessel H.28 X W.22cm x 10cm
Deep Heather Crystal Vessel
Fog Marsh II - H.32 x W. 20cm x D.15cm Jade Distraction Vessel H.28 X W.22cm x 10cm
Heather Distraction Vessel H.34 X W.22cm
Het Riff tawny & nude H.31 x W. 20 x D.9cm
Fog Marsh I - H.28 X W.22cm x 10cm
Hellebore Kasui- blown glass H.32 x W.23 x D. 20cm
Sea Fret- blown crystal glass H.32cm x W.30cm
Small Vessels: Spring Green: H.14 x W.11cm, Ostfriesia Mini: H.15 x W.12cm, Spring Green Round Bottle