Kirsti Brown

Penarlag, Flintshire

Ceramicist

Kirsti’s work is influenced by the natural world and our place within it. She hand builds in a variety of stoneware clays in her garden studio. The bottles with their shoulders and necks stand in family groups or alone. They feature glaze and slip applications reminiscent of seascapes and landscapes.

“When out and about I’m drawn to old iron gates and fences, ruined farm buildings often with corrugated iron roofs, earthworks, burial chambers and stones. In museums I love the ancient things of ordinary life, spinning whorls, nails, tools and pots!”

In recent months Kirsti’s been wandering in woodlands and reading about the ancient connections we as humans have with these spaces. This collection has been created in response to the landscape she walks in everyday in Penarlâg, at the very edge of Flintshire.

“I grew up in and around Chester in the 1970’s when archaeological digs seemed to be everywhere. As a child I was made to walk up to hill forts and standing stones in my Clark’s Polyvelts.”