Mandy produces a range of wheel thrown high temperature studio pottery. Continually challenged by the natural landscape, she incorporates its ever shifting light and tones into the body of work that celebrates the individual. Pieces, both functional and decorative, are often altered on the wheel before being reduction of salt fired in a gas or wood fueled kilns. The decorative and firing techniques used aim to retain the vitality of the freshly made pieces and to give the surfaces subtlety and depth.
Inspiration comes from a multitude of sources-the area that Mandy lives in, its mountains and the ever varying colours on them as the light shifts. From the making process itself, the tactile nature of clay and time spent experimenting with form and surface. Mandy says, "I aim to make pieces that reveal themselves over time and with use. Subtle surfaces that ask to be touched, tactile shapes that want to be held."