![Beach clay, rock outcrop. Clay bowl formed over rock, coated with sand. Rain and waves washed it away](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/062779f4-054c-432e-8f57-c8bd8c00a33c/a03e2483-8c55-4307-92e7-b855bb310c38_rw_1920.jpg?h=605d8621c3554dadd0e2e3f70b5b854d)
Beach clay, rock outcrop. Clay bowl formed over rock, coated with sand. Rain and waves washed it away
![Beach clay, marram grass, sea breeze](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/062779f4-054c-432e-8f57-c8bd8c00a33c/23821a28-6a02-47c6-9b4f-be9f8b394c5e_rw_1920.jpeg?h=94b13c5a76f32617b35fbb44897297b3)
Beach clay, marram grass, sea breeze
![Beach clay pinch pot, sand dune, marram grass](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/062779f4-054c-432e-8f57-c8bd8c00a33c/107b3a18-4e5c-4e10-a04f-97fe52e244a9_rw_1920.jpeg?h=ce0985de000a9e78a10572f0d474c77c)
Beach clay pinch pot, sand dune, marram grass
![Beach clay pinch pot, sand dune, marram grass](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/062779f4-054c-432e-8f57-c8bd8c00a33c/2d495a75-35ee-4486-9f69-83b19c2f64f0_rw_1920.jpeg?h=96a467d1d8ab1eb1fb80333a3d8d9361)
Beach clay pinch pot, sand dune, marram grass
![Beach clay pinch pot, sand dune, marram grass](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/062779f4-054c-432e-8f57-c8bd8c00a33c/28c9057c-086a-42a5-b866-4c9473a173d6_rw_1920.jpeg?h=57b05675fe460731bf42d3a4c459b3a5)
Beach clay pinch pot, sand dune, marram grass
![Beach clay pinch pot, sand dune, marram grass](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/062779f4-054c-432e-8f57-c8bd8c00a33c/4b1526e0-8280-489b-929b-f805702e613d_rw_1920.jpeg?h=5b0ebd78d67bede38e194275f9f4cc1d)
Beach clay pinch pot, sand dune, marram grass
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/062779f4-054c-432e-8f57-c8bd8c00a33c/db350ec7-b29f-477a-829b-12547513da8f_rw_1920.jpg?h=1a39affab12044f82697643f85bac8ff)
discovering materials
Ynyslas, Ceredigion, September 2021.
Warm sunny days with a light Easterly breeze. Flat sea, small waves.
At low tide, a large slab of blue-grey clay revealed.
Clean, smooth, slippery and immediately workable.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/062779f4-054c-432e-8f57-c8bd8c00a33c/01d74bbb-60a9-4ae5-89ca-ee95ce293bdd_rw_1920.jpg?h=42aea64f734e6e8eeb3953a8a4374719)
exploring materials
Ynyslas, Ceredigion, September 2021.
Fine, golden sands, below the drift of rounded stones.
Using stones as forms, casting damp sand around them.
Creating deep shadow and sun-lit edges.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/062779f4-054c-432e-8f57-c8bd8c00a33c/aac5f42d-7ae4-4506-9c32-030bb24fb94d_rw_1920.jpg?h=5af7550ec4ea5ae16909df3be7427648)
exploring materials
Ynyslas, Ceredigion, September 2021.
Using found items as tools. Playing with shade gradients.
Observing light catching grains of sand, barely holding to edges.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/062779f4-054c-432e-8f57-c8bd8c00a33c/98659e51-9e21-4891-bb76-6cd9c66415e6_rw_1920.jpg?h=cd0ece756b177e64df4d3775fd59775d)
exploring materials
Ynyslas, Ceredigion, September 2021.
Pinch pot of sand.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/062779f4-054c-432e-8f57-c8bd8c00a33c/dd92372f-ea89-40d5-8980-3e94db5b4857_rw_1920.jpg?h=80ab3fbc15d98095f22147db39be49c0)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/062779f4-054c-432e-8f57-c8bd8c00a33c/0602fbdc-ffcc-4607-9683-9c34aa83a485_rw_1920.jpg?h=a6102b0b6620add13500b565e7ad784d)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/062779f4-054c-432e-8f57-c8bd8c00a33c/79946bd9-d8b2-449d-be3e-75b5c4abd908_rw_1920.jpg?h=536ba12127ce914e978f4556ec97bbbb)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/062779f4-054c-432e-8f57-c8bd8c00a33c/e987865f-8c04-426e-9cc7-6fcd82daaf12_rw_1920.jpg?h=445ec256698ffa7ee136165355589146)
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