It makes little sense to write this page in Audrey's name, since it is a compilation after her death. I regret the inadequate dusting of several of the pieces, but wanted to have something available fairly quickly.
Audrey and I started evening classes at Bottisham in the 1980s, and subsequently at Impington and Chesterton, until covid closed them down. Most of the classes were in ceramics, but for a time we were encouraged into other media, including in her case stone carving. It may surprise people to learn that we never attempted the potter's wheel. This selection does not include various patterned tiles, and also art nouveau derived house frontages.
This is the first piece she made. It is partly based on Greek sculpture. Bisque fired and waxed.
This is also quite an early piece. Bisque fired and waxed.
The class occasionally included modelling from a live model. (I also attempted this subject.) Bisque fired and waxed.
The image is from Daniel 4.33, not without reference to William Blake. Bisque fired and waxed.
One of the labours of Hercules (Heracles if you prefer the Greek). The problem was that when a head was crushed by the club, two heads grew in its place. Two separate pieces mounted on a wooden base. Probably watercolours applied after bisque firing.
Image from Greek vase painting, though the polychrome detailing is imaginative. Probably watercolours applied after bisque firing.
The basis is an Orthodox icon (Zoodochos Pege); I think we visited a nunnery on Andros with this dedication, which practised embroidery. The base of the piece separated in firing, and it has been left unfinished apart from minimal glueing.
This is a stone carving; the stone is white and has been left smooth.
Glazed and stone fired.
Glazed and stone fired.
Glazed and stone fired.
The model fish is part of the original! Glazed and stone fired.
Apotropaic device from Greek architecture. Glazed and stone fired. Mounted on wood.