Nicholas Homoky was born in Hungary and studied at Bristol Polytechnic and later at the Royal College of Art in London. He makes vessels, and his concern with volume and space is paramount. He works in porcelain and red clay which is thrown, turned and slabbed built. The pieces are often finished with black rims and linear designs inlaid with stained black porcelain slip.

Glossary

  • Porcelain

    One of the three major types of pottery, the others being stoneware and earthenware. Porcelain is fired in the region of 1300ºC to produce a white vitrified and translucent body.

  • 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.