I am a part-time potter and artist and work full time in education. For my drawings I use either coloured pencils or pastels, liking the direct contact with the surface, using smudging and rubbing techniques to achieve the variations in tones and shades which I see in the skies, clouds, landscapes and water I try to represent. The drawings have become more and more abstract and many later works are totally so but remain heavily influenced by elements from the landscape.

I hand build all my pots using pinching, coiling, slabbing and modelling techniques. I make figures, animal forms, bowls, bottles and candlesticks. Many of my latest forms are sharp edged and finely balanced, the bottle forms often twisting as they rise.

My figures reflect my own interest in mountain walking and climbing but I have made many characters specially commissioned to suit the owner.

I have exhibited my work in local exhibitions over many years; the drawings and pots regularly in Southport Palette Club annual exhibition. I have work in the Beaux Arts Gallery in Ludlow and the Rob Piercey Gallery in Porthmadoc as well as in many private collections and am always happy to discuss commissions.

Contact Chris Hughes

Email: cahnumber12@yahoo.co.uk