GALLERY

FIONA CLAI BROWN

Fiona Clai Brown draws her influences from several cultural styles such as cave paintings, ancient China, ancient Persia and Peru and of course the observation of real living animals.

Every piece is modelled by hand. Most of the works are fired to low earthenware or higher stoneware temperatures, in a top-loading electric kiln; some pieces may be chosen to be 'raku' fired in a small gas kiln when the pieces will be extracted red hot, thrust into sawdust and then plunged, hissing and spitting, into cold water to fix the spectacular effects of carbonization and reduction on the minerals in the glazes – fiery red copper lustres being particularly exciting flashed upon a copper turquoise glaze.

Fiona’s work includes wild boars, penguins, cats, dogs, goats, elephants, sheep, seals and many more. See the whole collection at Rostra and Rooksmoor Galleries.