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My passionate affair with fire, clay & mud

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For the recent past I have been exploring porcelain and slip-casting. After many years of working with heavily grogged clay I find the difficulties presented by porcelain both a challenge and a joy. I love the creamy consistency when using the material and the resulting hard fired surface. I started my work in clay in the late Seventies. seduced by the reduction fired stoneware of that time with its strong oriental influence. I built a large oil kiln and the excitement of firing with solid fuel has never left me. I still treasure high fired porcelain and stoneware yet I am equally drawn to Raku and other alternative low firing methods such as pit and sawdust which still occupy much of my time. The firing process is the most exciting part and motivation for my working with clay.

After the first few years of private tuition I learned from experienced potters by attending their workshops. Much later I decided to get a more formalized education and was granted a B-Tech degree in Ceramic Design by the University of Johannesburg in 2005. These studies forced me to explore industrial mold making and create work within the aesthetics of design. While my B-Tech degree in ceramic
design has broadened my knowledge of the ceramic discourse and opened many avenues I have returned to making expressive work which suits my intuitive way of creating. I usually arrive at the finished object by playing with several vague images which leads to a crystallization in my thought pattern. Playing and experimenting with the material and techniques are most important to me to evolve my work.
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Work .


About Elsbeth's ceramic creations, her contribution for Expo 2002 in Switzerland & other achievements.


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