Dyfed Pritchard 

Who Am I?
 

 

 

As a peripatetic Traveler, Explorer & Teacher, my life’s journey with clay began on the coast of California playing and experimenting in the Carmel River and at The Point Lobos State Reserve. This region is a laboratory of life and energy; an abundantly thriving and pulsating universe full of creative possibilities. Having spent many years abroad exploring Italy as well, has also had a significant impact on my creative impulse and aesthetic development. As a Teacher, Educator and Person of Faith, I have had the unique opportunity to travel, instruct and be inspired by amazing people found in indescribably beautiful places. The opalescent glow of a Della Robbia roundel, and the sun-drenched exposed rocks of a reseeding tide on the Adriatic, are the visual wonders that spiritually stir my imagination. My work is deeply personal and reflectaphorically bound with a sense of humor and larkiness. 

The Hermeneutic of Clay

 As clay passes through one’s hands, you are qualitatively and quantitively analyzing its potentiality to reflect your vision. You are not exclusively in control as it often has a mind of its own and a very reflexive memory. The journey into 'Terra Incognita' is as exhilarating and exciting as it is humbling. The extraction of meaning from the clay, is as important as the experience you have in doing so. In the end, your analysis is the intersection of your imagination with the material in the happenstance of firing, which gives

rise to a beautiful and expressive whole.