Geoffrey Swindell
Swindell employs the traditional means open to any studio potter, though on a different scale and to
a more refined finish than most.
He refers to what he makes as 'pots', and they usually accord to the basic traditional concept of a ceramic vessel, having an hollow interior and a hole in the top, though it is rarely large enough for us to see into the interior of the vessel.
The porcelain bodies of these pots are lightweight, smooth and fine textured, creating a feeling of delicacy and preciousness which Swindell likens to that of a sea shell. But durability and stability have to be integrated with this evident refinement, all of these factors held together in what he calls a "secure marriage" of process and concept.
