I am interested in the vessel as an abstract sculpural object.

I am concentrating on simple essential forms which sometimes emphasize the relationship between internal and external space or the movement or stillness within the form.

All pieces are hand built and then burnished to achieve a tactile sensual surface. The distinctive patterning which complements the form is achieved in a carefully organised secondary smoke firing.

2002: 'Gabriele Koch', introduced by Sir David Attenborough, New Edition 2002, Marston House Publishers.

Dimensions: height 33 x circumference 42cm. Photo: Kelpie

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Dimensions: Hight 44cm 
Photo: Kelpie

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Dimensions: 39cm. Photo: Kelpie

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Dimensions: 50cm. Photo: Kelpie

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Dimensions: 55cm. Photo: Heini Schneebeli

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