Claire Lardner Burke 

​My work is an outpouring of my love for nature in all its aspects and particularly for rocks and stone. With each of my simple, stony, pod-like vessels I have tried to capture something of this quiet, emotive beauty hoping to evoke feelings of finding something hidden and beautiful in the earth or sea which is then brought home and treasured.

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I use the technique of hand-coiling to create each individual pod leaving the surface rough and marked with the imprint of its making. I am endlessly inspired by the colours and patina of things all around me which I seek to recreate in the work. Continually exploring and experimenting with oxides, glaze and colour I apply multiple layers which when fired create beautifully stony, weathered and rock-like surfaces. I never know what the outcome will be and each one comes out of the kiln as a unique and wonderful surprise. 
 

I took up ceramics in 2008 at the Putney School of Art in London where I was born and now live and work. In 2015 I moved to The Kiln Rooms, a shared studio in Peckham Rye, where I am at present.​​