Large Bowl kina-bjorkland – Edmond Byrne on this

– Edmond Byrne on this piece created for the Making Memories exhibition

Hye-Jin makes teaware using clay made from the same soil that grows tea

Completely flat faces or tightly curved edges give my work strength and tension

Using the same clay

Concentrating on timeless quality and a sense of stillness

Large Bowl kina-bjorkland – Edmond Byrne on thisThese pieces are wheel thrown in different combinations of dark and light stoneware, reclaimed from Abigail's shared studio. Glazed with a palette of dolomite and transparent glazes, these tactile mugs are made to be used. "I come to ceramics from a background in painting, so that the body and form of clay is another surface for making marks and cultivating textures. Unlike a painting, a pot has no front or back, but one can reach inside it, respond