Sandy Brown was born in Tichborne in Hampshire. She studied at the Daisei-Kiln in Mashiko, Japan. Her work in the British Council Collection is characterised by their free, generous forms and spontaneous, coloured abstract decorations. The works are made from a Devonshire clay which is soaked to produce a soft consistency for use on a Japanese kick wheel. A thick white slip was used to emphasize the soft roundness of the forms and the designs painted in a range of colours before a thin transparent glaze was applied.

Glossary

  • Glaze

    Vitreous coatings applied to pottery to make objects watertight and as a form of decoration. Also a glaze can be a thin, translucent or transparent coating applied to the surface of a painting to modify the colour tones. Glazes may also be applied on top of one another as a means of creating a sense of depth and translucency.

  • Slip

    A mixture of clay and water mixed together to the consistency of single cream. Used with metal oxides to produce different colours for decoration and to dip pots for an overall coating. Slip can also be trailed, sponged, stencilled, poured and painted onto the pot; and for binding clay surfaces and casting.