Julie Ayton
Julie Ayton makes functional and decorative stoneware and porcelain, aiming to enhance daily rituals with a favourite cup or bowl, or to anchor a room with a statement piece.
Consideration of form is primary, but Julie also draws on many decorative ceramic traditions from around the world. She borrows both aesthetics and processes from relief printmaking, translating ink, lino and paper into ceramics using inlay, sgraffito and resist techniques.
Decoration may be abstract or follow close observation of nature, often birds and flowers, usually worked directly onto the damp clay with layers of raw glaze, and single fired.