Rebecca’s contemporary sculptural vases are decorated with layers of textural pattern. They are hand-built from slabs of clay that’s shaped around formers and moulds and gradually refined to create the elegant silhouette that characterises her work. Rebecca's inspiration comes from classical and modern sources, including the shape of Ancient Greek amphorae, William Morris wallpaper and digital imagery. She prints fragments of original designs and traditional motifs onto the ceramic surface by silk-screening underglaze ink onto a gel plate and transferring it onto the vessels in randomised sections. This monotype approach achieves a unique pattern on each piece.

Rebecca works from her home studio in London. Her love of clay began with a life sculpture evening class following which she started studying ceramics at Morley College. After a long career in IT marketing, she now enjoys the creative challenge of making ceramics.

Number 12 in the Nyx collection, which is named after the Ancient Greek primordial deity who was night.

This stoneware form is inspired by Ancient Greek amphorae and the decoration is reminiscent of constellations. It is slab built using formers and moulds and finished on the wheel. The blackish underglaze pattern is screen printed onto gel plates and transferred onto the surface of the vessel in randomised fragments, building a layered and textured surface. The inside is glazed and the outside is left unglazed and polished to give an eggshell-like finish.

 Stoneware

9x28x9cm