Spikey Plants, from Kay’s Botanical Structures series, depicts a row of five leaf-shaped relief tiles, wall mounted. The colours range from pinks and browns to blues and blacks. The tiles are slip cast porcelain fired in a wood kiln with soda.

Length 1.2 cm
Width 4 cm
Height 0.6 cm

Peonies is a wall mounted repeating pattern of relief tiles in the shape of peony flowers linked with stems. They are made from unglazed porcelain fired in a wood kiln for six days. The warm colours and textures were caused by the flames and wood ash during the firing.

Length 1.4 cm
Width 4 cm
Height 1.8 cm

Honewort Roundel is a wall mounted circular arrangement of relief tiles in the shape of plants in hues of reds, browns and creams. The plants are from a spring in Asturias, translated into clay and slip cast in porcelain fired in a wood kiln with soda.

Diameter 123 cm

Toadflax Roundel is a wall mounted circular arrangement of relief tiles in the shape of plants collected from a spring in Asturias. Slip cast porcelain fired in a wood kiln with soda and in an electric kiln results in a palette of blues and greens.

Diameter 85 cm

A relief tile from Peonies, a wall mounted repeating pattern of relief tiles in the shape of peony flowers consisting of unglazed porcelain fired in a wood kiln for 6 days. The warm colours and textures were caused by flames and wood ash during the firing.

Length 22 cm
Width 4 cm
Height 18 cm