Jacqueline Clark
BA (Hons) Ceramics, University of Wales, Cardiff
Ceramic artist working from Krowji Studios, Redruth. Lives in Devoran, Cornwall.
Jacqueline makes thrown and hand-built stoneware informed by the Cornish landscape, particularly the tidal creeks around Devoran and Penpol where she lives.
Working predominantly with Cornish white stoneware clay from St Agnes, she makes functional thrown pieces, one-off vessels and sculptural boats. Her pared-back aesthetic is influenced by the Japanese ceramic tradition, with an emphasis on form, surface and the marks left by making.
The changing creek is a constant reference. Throwing lines remain visible; incised marks suggest reeds at the water margins and rims echo the gunwales of boats.
Studio-developed glazes range from soft greys and dry, earthy surfaces to the vivid turquoise of Summer Seas, reflecting changing tides, weather and seasons.
Her sculptural boats explore vessels resting on the mud at low tide and moving through the water, with surfaces referencing weathered paint, timber and traditional wooden boats.
Jacqueline has exhibited widely in Cornwall and beyond and her work is held by galleries throughout the UK.
She has more than 30 years’ experience teaching ceramics. She was Learning and Participation Officer at the Leach Pottery, St Ives, from 2015–2021 and has worked at Rochester Independent College since 1990. She now teaches small throwing courses from her studio at Krowji.
The creek
Devoran and Penpol Creeks are a constant inspiration. Jacqueline considers the rise and fall of the tide, the ever changing colours and the effects of the weather. Cornish weather is fast – one minute it may be glorious sunshine reflected off the creek mud at low tide, the next the mizzle may come down rendering the landscape with a soft grey glow.
