I have gathered together a Ceramic Archive Collection of some of my favourite pots in this mini showcase gallery…from 1996 to 2016. I often think that, if it hadn’t been for a chance encounter with Sudanese Potter Mo Abdalla, back in the early 90’s in London, who knows if I would have made my way with clay.. More than that, I think Abdalla would be proud that his teachings in hand-building went a long way to support my career in ceramics.
It was Abdalla who repeatedly said, “Trayci you are an African.. you need to avoid the wheel and rather hand-build clay pots .. for that is where the magic lies !!”
I like that I had my artistic grounding in clay.. The textural, tactile elements, coupled with a humble approach to making pots is something that informs my art language and shows up regularly when I paint. Often you will see a familiarity in colour palatte to my choice of glazes and oxides, a nod to a bold ceramic shape in a line or curve or repeated textures and surface patterns..
Tall Hand coiled urn | Carved and painted with clay slips | sold
Ceramic Bowl with side handles | Hand coiled and carved } Decorated with slip | sold
Tall hand-coiled urn | carved and decorated with clay slips | sold
Ceramic Bowl with side handle | Hand-coiled, carved and decorated with clay slips | sold
Hand-coiled raku fired vessel | sold
Hand-coiled, carved raku fired urn | Archive image | sold
Hand-coiled raku fired vessel | archive image | sold
Hand-coiled Raku fired urns | sold
Hand-coiled lidded urn, stoneware fired | archive image | sold
Hand-coiled stoneware vessel | Archive image | sold
Hand-coiled, Stoneware vessel with handle | archive image | sold
Hand-coiled Stoneware bowl with handle detail | archive image | sold
Hand-coiled smoke fired vessels | sold
Hand-coiled smoke fired vessel | sold
Large lidded urn Hand-coiled, Raku fired | sold
Large smoke fired urn | Archive image | sold
Hand-coiled raku fired urns | archive image | sold
Large Hand-coiled smoke fired urns | archive image | sold
hand-coiled raku fired | archive image | sold
Hand-coiled vessel with offset handles | archive image | sold
FRED | H22 X W22 cm | SOLD
BOICEY | SOLD
‘Lady Lupine’ | H20cm x W16cm | SOLD
FLEUR | H18cm x W13cm | SOLD
Life on Sundays | SOLD
“Max” | SOLD
‘Gucci’ | H23cm x W22cm | SOLD
‘Donatella’ | H23cm X W22cm | SOLD | Corobrick Public Collection, Pretoria Art Museum