CHRISTINA IS A MIXED-MEDIA CERAMIC ARTIST WITH A STRONG CONNECTION TO THE COAST. SCULPTURAL IN FORM, HER WORK IS INSPIRED BY THE STACKED FORMATIONS OF THE NORTH CORNISH COASTLINE. STANDING TALL, PRECARIOUSLY BALANCED, SHOWING STRENGTH BESIDE FRAGILITY.

EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BOTH FORM + FINISH, HER HANDBUILT PIECES ARE BARREL FIRED WITH FORAGED SEAWEED, DRIFTWOOD + CUTTLEFISH BONE. THE RAW FINISH REMINISCENT OF THE MINERAL RICH LANDSCAPE.

EACH SIGNATURE PIECE IS THEN HAND POLISHED USING A LOCAL BEESWAX. HER SIGNATURE TOUCH OF COPPER DETAILING LINKING BACK TO CORNWALLS INDUSTRIAL MINING HERITAGE.

christina is a member of ‘the society of designer craftsmen’. she recently won an award for outstanding innovation in craft + design.

THE NAME Tucana EVOLVED FROM THE BARREL FIRING PROCESS THAT CHRISTINA USES AS PART OF HER CERAMIC TECHNIQUE. FIRING HER HANDBUILT PIECES FOR MANY HOURS OVER NIGHT, WATCHING THE STARS GRADUALLY APPEAR IN THE NIGHT SKY. TUCANA IS a constellation named after the toucan and one of 12 constellations conceived in the late 16th century. it first appeared on a celestial globe published in 1598. it contains one of the brightest globular clusters in the sky.