Bridget Macklin

Bridget Macklin’s work tells the story of our landscape and our relationship to the natural world.  

Her work considers the geology of our moors, mountains, and coasts, and the effects man’s impact on the earth. Working with porcelain for its connotations of beauty and fragility, Bridget coils, slabs or hand moulds each form, mixing in clay and other material that she finds in the landscape to add colour and texture. The work is then high fired to bring out the translucent nature of the porcelain and to flux or burn any inclusions. This causes tension within the piece which radiate as fractures across the surface from the point of tension. Finally, using a wet diamond polishing machine, she works the surface to a perfect, silky finish as a final comment on the need to cherish our precious planet. 

Bridget’s work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy and is held in public and private collections around the UK.