About
Andrew Wicks graduated from the Royal College of Art Ceramics & Glass MA course in 1997 and was awarded a Setting Up Grant by the Crafts Council in 1999.
Porcelain vessels are wheel thrown, turned and when slightly dry the design is carefully marked up onto the smooth pot ready for the intensive process of hand carving. Andrew uses many hand tools to create his multi-faceted, textured forms. Once carving is completed each piece is slowly dried out over many days. They are initially biscuit fired and then high temperature glaze fired.
Andrew usually works in groups of vessels as he enjoys the visual relationship between the forms. The textured surfaces evident in Andrew’s work are often inspired by patterns found in the natural world such as fossils, coral reefs and magnified plant forms. Andrew’s work has been featured in many galleries and ceramic exhibitions in the UK, Europe and USA.
