Steve freer

I am a former television producer who took up ceramics 12 years ago and studied the Contemporary craft MA at Hereford College of Art.  

I primarily work with the Japanese technique of raku. I love the immediacy of raku, it's unpredictability and the elemental quality of fire and smoke. I've developed my own style using stencils which I can make silhouettes on the surface of the pots.  

I like the way the precision of the stencils works with the rough surface of the glazes to create an effect almost like woodcuts.