Damian Keefe
Artwork for Damian Keefe
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How would you describe the work you do and why?
I have been making pottery for over thirty years starting with an evening class while studying for my PhD in biology and have had my own studio,wheel and kiln since 1987. I am largely self-taught in throwing and making skills, although must pay tribute to a variety of evening class and very short course tutors. I am entirely self-taught in glaze formulation, but have managed to develop, from scratch, a range of stoneware glazes and slips which transform the usual bland electric oxidized surface landscape into a lively and colourful palette with which to decorate my practical domestic forms.
Describe what you call yourself/your practice?:
I make pots for the home and endeavour to make things of beauty and utility to enhance our day to day existence. All my pottery is stoneware, fired to at least 1240C, rendering it oven, microwave and dishwasher safe.