Penny Clifford BA Hons CCP

Porcelain and stoneware, Nerikomi technique

Living in Cornwall for more than 40 years, being surrounded by coastal rock formations, the County's famous mining heritage, the China clay industry and the geology of the Cornish landscape has formed the backdrop for Penny’s work, exploring the tension between function and fragility in the ware being produced.

The use of white porcelain in contrast with smooth black porcelain and oxides with the final application of gold lustre, symbolize the veins and strata of the granite outcrops and coastal rocky formations. Creating a discourse between the fragile existence of these landscapes and fading Cornish industries.