Making:
Dishes, plates and candlesticks that are folded, prodded and poked into familiar shapes. Colours clash and mark making is spontaneous and bold.
"Liz Hodges has continued the tradition of women potters breaking the mould" Tricia Guild
About:
Liz Hodges set up her ceramic practice in London shortly after leaving the Royal College of Art in the late 1980s.
Liz is passionate about colour, texture and form. She uses familiar domestic shapes such as jugs, plates and dishes as her starting point. Pieces begin life as plaster moulds taken from household objects such paper plates and sink plungers which are then added to clay slabs and other hand-built elements. Her work feels spontaneous, energetic and joyful. It often belies a deep understanding of clay, glaze and ceramic history.
Visionary textile designer Tricia Guild began collecting Liz's ceramics from her final year show at the RCA. Over thirty years later Liz’s work still features in the Designer’s Guild shops, books and exhibitions.
Liz has also made work for Takashimaya department stores, Gumps in San Francisco and Egg in London, as well as many private collectors. She has a long association with tableware manufacturer John Julian Design and has provided decoration and illustrations for many of their pieces. Alongside her ceramic practice Liz teaches art at St. Paul’s Girls’ school near her home in West London.
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