Tony discovered pottery late in life after a twenty-year career
as a professional actor, but from the first moment of touching the clay, it felt
right in his hands. Though he has taken a few workshops along the way, Tony is
mostly self-taught, relying on a lot of trial and error as well as reading for
information and inspiration.What Tony finds intriguing are the endless possibilities of clay. He mostly works on the wheel, but he also hand builds both functional and decorative pieces. His work has been smoke fired, barrel fired, wood fired, salt fired or fired in electric kilns. He has explored raku, horse hair and tin foil saggars and still feels he has only touched the potential of what can be.
When thinking about Jessica's House what Tony found “Bright
and Beautiful” was the amazing community that has made this happen and the caring
community they are preparing to serve. One of the traditional ways of celebrating
community is through food. Birth and death, baptisms, bar-mitzvahs, graduations, marriages, greetings and farewells: all are bright and beautiful
in both their joys and tears, and all are accompanied by food to feed the body
and the soul. To honour this bright and beautiful community, Tony has offered a
serving bowl in hopes it will add to the next celebration.
