Andrew Palin

Andrew was born and brought up in the coastal Northwest of England but has now lived in Warwickshire for over seven years. It was whilst researching his PhD in mammalian genetics and chromosomal biology that he discovered ceramics and began a long fascination with the art form, both making and collecting. His work consists of volcanic and crawling glazes applied over thrown & hand built stoneware vessels fired under oxidising conditions. The degree of the surface reaction is closely controlled and used to accentuate both form and hue. The clay medium serves two functions; firstly to define and express visual form, and secondly to function as a canvas for decorative expression.