Northern Potters Association

The aim of the NPA is to encourage and support artists in the production of sculptural, functional, fine art and decorative studio pottery in all its forms throughout the North of England

Jaquiery, Ken

I make large sculptural coil pots. My inspiration for this was seeing photos of Moira Young’s lovely pots in a book on ceramics not long after I started playing with clay. I enjoy the therapeutic process of coiling and the fact that using clay as a medium you can make a piece to any size and shape, the only limitation is working out how. I think the nice thing about 3D work as opposed to 2D is that as you move around a Sculpture and with the changing light, the appearance of the piece continually changes. It gives me a great deal of pleasure to see one of my sculptures go into someone’s home or garden and enhance the environment in which they live.