About Charlie...

Charlie has worked in her studio at Redlees Studios, a converted Victorian stables in West London for the past three years. In that time, she has developed her unique creative style through working with her hands a love of which originated from her artistic mother’s kitchen table.

She works largely in clay, on semi abstract ideas, using the natural world & human form as her inspiration. Shape, form, simplicity and balance are important factors. Some of her ideas take off intuitively when working and change organically as she goes along.

Charlie says: ‘This flexibility is hugely important to the outcome of my work. The touch and feel of the clay and the capacity to enable a shape to develop without a rigid plan, all contribute to the tactile and textually varied pieces I produce. Some work is burnished when leather hard then polished after firing and shimmer with random markings from smoke firings & other pieces are textured giving a more rustic quality. I hope my work will be appreciated both visually and by touch’.

Notes:
Construction: All Charlie’s work is individually hand built using coils or slabs of clay and may be left smooth or textured in a variety of ways. After the first bisque firing further outdoor smoke firings in wood shavings produce unique markings (happy accidents!) on each piece which is then finished by polishing with bees wax. Her body of work includes: wall pieces, contemporary indoor and outdoor stoneware sculpture, painting in mixed media with ceramic pieces added to the canvas - marrying her twin passions of paint and clay.

Work can be viewed or commissions discussed by appointment at Redlees Studios. Please take the time to view Charlies Paintings & Ceramics