The process of how they are made is quite involved: First, I'll make a piece of abaca paper in the traditional way of making paper.
Whilst the newly 'pulled' paper is still wet, I will work into it very carefully by applying a 'wash' of pigmented linen pulp.....not dissimilar to painting with watercolour on paper. Usually, I'm surrounded by several containers of different coloured linen pulp which have been made up beforehand. Sometimes I'll use stencils and other times I'll just paint free hand.
When I'm happy with the finished piece, it will be layered up between blankets and placed into a hydraulic press to squeeze half of the water out. After this, I'll start to work with the still wet, pressed paper to wrap it around chosen vessels and pots: this is done in two stages as I'll place one layer facing the pot and then apply a second layer so that the finished pot has an inside and outside, the idea behind this is that we are all like vessels and the two layers represents our inside and outside. This is why I like the pots to be grouped as if in a conversation.
The inspiration comes from a period of time spent in Tokyo, Japan....Picking through beautiful textiles and papers in flea markets.

They don't have titles, as I find that the pots 'find' you.....people are drawn to a particular, it's usually quite immediate.