Paul Vining

Cardiff

Ceramicist

Paul works from a studio in Cardiff, producing individual pieces of stoneware ceramics, in which the emphasis is on ceramic form. Some pieces are thrown on the wheel, others coiled, and some produced using both techniques.

Coiling is a slow process, but has the advantage of allowing more time in which to consider and adapt the form of the vessel as it emerges. The pieces are fired to 1250-1280°C either in an electric kiln, or in a gas kiln which Paul has built himself. He has developed his own glazes sometimes using local materials especially wood ash.

In the field of ceramics, Paul’s creative influences range from prehistoric pottery to the work of modernist studio ceramicists such as Hans Coper.