Jacqueline Clark: Shop

Jacqueline’s forms are based on the landscape; informed by the calm tidal creeks and rivers of the south coast of Cornwall, where she lives and works. Some are observations of boats that sit on the water or on the mud at low tide. These hand-built sculptural pieces, made from local stoneware clay, some loaded with oxide, reference boats but are not intended as perfect representations; they capture the essence - some suggest movement, some static.

Much of her work is inscribed with lines representing the swaying grasses of the creek margins. Reeds, silt and how the tide and man mark the landscape all influence her work. Glazes are representative of the tide: a dry, ultra-matt green glaze emulates the creek at low tide, a soft grey glaze reflects the soft focus of the view in Cornish mizzle, then the turquoise-blue, the vibrant colour of the sea on a summer’s day. 

Visits to the potteries of Mashiko, Japan were also hugely inspiring; the beautiful raku teabowls here were fired and washed at the water’s edge.