As a ceramicist, Charly is inspired by the colours, forms and history she sees around her in the hills and coastline of our beautiful islands and by the wish to produce sustainable items that can be used and cherished for years.
She creates wheel-thrown stoneware for decorative and functional use – vases, bowls, mugs, jugs, small goblets and cups and also smaller, hand-built pieces including pendants, earrings, dishes and buttons.
Each piece is individually made and decorated in a variety of ways – turned, carved, impressed with leaves, flowers or Celtic stamps, before having its first firing in the kiln. It is then further decorated with oxides and glazes, before having a second firing at a higher temperature. This finalises the journey of the clay from malleable earth to fixed form.