Akira Koike Curtis
University of Westminster, Harrow
Rufford Ceramics Centre Residency Award
Rufford Craft Centre

'I work by collecting and observing the facts of nature, then I try to create another reality in an abstract way.
It is important for me to communicate with the materials I use, such as clay, metal, and wire. Such communication can give me the inspiration for further dialogue between my themes and materials."
Various earthenware and stoneware clays with Egyptian paste, slip grog and glaze. Slab built stoneware; sprayed with china clay coloured with commercial stains.