Patricia Kelly

When creating my style of small character pieces I am influenced by the innocence and naivety of many of the Staffordshire figurines. A caption adds to the fun element but dig deeper and there maybe another layer of meaning. I feel I have succeeded when a piece raises a smile and so brightens up the day. The larger characters are social stereotypes familiar to all of us. Each piece is hand built using a combination of slab building and modelling, decorated using underglazes, stains, glaze and fired in an electric kiln several times.