Elaine King

Elaine’s passion for clay developed many years ago  through studying for a Ceramics degree at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, London. Whilst at Camberwell, Elaine developed a body of work through throwing, hand-building and slip-casting, all the while concentrating on the importance of it being  punctuated with texture, colour and sculptural elements. Now working independently and recently moved to Wimborne Minster, Dorset, Elaine is fast becoming recognised as an established British maker. Her ceramic artwork is collected in the UK and overseas. She has developed her own hand-built techniques and designs in both functional and sculptural ceramic pieces. Elaine’s work clearly demonstrates her love of colour, texture and form, mostly inspired by surfaces and patterns found in nature and the landscape. Her inspiration comes from observations made in typically English habitats; hedgerows, garden borders, meadows and more recently forests and woodlands. Elaine creates her work in white earthenware clay and decorates her pieces with a palette of subtle oxides, slips and underglaze colours. She devotes research time making 2D studies from her garden, walks over the Berkshire Downs and along the Dorset Ridgeway and Cornish coastline, one of her most favourite places in the world.  In recent months, Elaine has developed a selection of both hand-built and thrown ceramics, beautifully decorated, inspired and designed through the naturally occurring pattern of plants, seedheads and trees.