Robyn Hardyman works with porcelain, making decorative and functional wheel-thrown vessels – bowls, vases, moon jars. The pieces are finely thrown in pared-back, elegant forms. She is inspired by porcelain’s combination of delicacy and strength, to create pieces that evoke a sense of balance and harmony, and that invite contemplation.
Surface decoration is minimal – an incised line around a narrow foot, or a slip decoration to add a dynamic to the stillness of a moon jar.
She relishes the pure ground that porcelain offers for a glaze and has developed a glaze palette to complement the restrained forms, with a variety of matte and reflective surfaces.
