That Ilk Issue 2

L O C A L
A R T
G U I D E
An interview with
Anne Morrison
DA Ceramics
Could you tell us about your story and how
you got to the place where you are now with
your art?
As a child I was always making things, dolls’
houses out of cardboard, paper, scraps of
material and sewing outfits for my dolls. I loved
drawing too so wanted to study art, probably
textiles and fashion but experiencing clay
changed all that and I went to the Glasgow
School of Art, that wonderful Mackintosh
Building so sadly gone now, where I studied
ceramics. After graduating I set up a small
pottery in a garage and then at my home where I
still work.
Over the years I have made various types of
ceramics from domestic pottery to ceramic
jewellery but I have become known for my
crackle raku pottery which incorporates
driftwood. My large pots are hand built which is
a gentle, peaceful way of forming the clay with
the other pots being wheel thrown; some then
cut and altered into various forms and bowls. It
is pleasing to have found a unique style that I
enjoy making and is appreciated by the public. I
also model figure sculptures which sit on pieces
of driftwood. In these I try to reflect a sense of
inner human emotions.
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