Rachel Barker
We live in the depths of Shropshire and although our work isn’t what you’d call “country”, the visual richness all around feeds into our design work.
It’s often the small details, things fleeting or incidental that are so compelling; rivulets of rain on glass, haphazard lines in a clump of bamboo, saw marks in a chunk of wood, subtle effects which we transform into animated patterns. Maybe as simple as an etched sgraffito line, flooded with colour which seeps along it, its unpredictability giving it freshness.
Both Andrew and I studied Fine Art, but at separate times and colleges, and we met later when I was working in Italy. During my years living in Italy, I developed a passion for growing, preparing and sharing food.
Later in England Andrew and I set up a small pottery studio. I was very conscious of not wanting just to ape the Mediterranean-style pottery of Italy. I wanted the designs to be rooted to our quirky English outlook. They had to be fresh and contemporary but able to stand the test of time.
Rachel Barker
Rachel Barker
£17.95
