{
  "artist": "Graham Matthews",
  "profession": "Potter, ceramicist and ceramic artist",
  "born": "Leeds, Yorkshire, 1960",
  "studio": "Eastbourne, East Sussex",
  "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/",
  "email": "GrahamMatthews.pots@gmail.com",
  "keywords": "Graham Matthews, ceramics, pottery, potter, ceramicist, ceramic artist, studio pottery, stoneware",
  "works": [
    {
      "id": "slab-bottle-i",
      "title": "Slab Bottle",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=slab-bottle-i",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9777.jpg",
      "series": "Vessels",
      "material": "Stoneware, cream slip and moss glaze",
      "note": "A slab-built bottle with a squared neck. Pale clay body, iron speckle and a gestural pour of sage glaze."
    },
    {
      "id": "slab-bottle-ii",
      "title": "Slab Bottle II",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=slab-bottle-ii",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9778.jpg",
      "series": "Vessels",
      "material": "Stoneware, cream slip and forest glaze",
      "note": "Blocky, hand-formed bottle. The glaze gathers at the shoulder and breaks over the clay."
    },
    {
      "id": "faceted-vases",
      "title": "Faceted Vases",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=faceted-vases",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9779.jpg",
      "series": "Vessels",
      "material": "Stoneware, forest green glaze",
      "note": "A pair of faceted vessels with wide, flattened rims. Glaze pools in the cuts and thins to clay at the edge."
    },
    {
      "id": "ridged-dishes",
      "title": "Faceted Plates",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=ridged-dishes",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9780.jpg",
      "series": "Dishes",
      "material": "Stoneware, cream body and moss glaze",
      "note": "Two shallow, corrugated dishes. Green glaze settles in the ridges; the clay remains visible on the high points."
    },
    {
      "id": "square-bowl",
      "title": "Square Platter",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=square-bowl",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9781.jpg",
      "series": "Dishes",
      "material": "Stoneware, split glaze",
      "note": "A shallow square bowl. Forest green and chalk-white meet in a soft, poured line."
    },
    {
      "id": "split-dish",
      "title": "Square Platter",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=split-dish",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9782.jpg",
      "series": "Dishes",
      "material": "Stoneware, cream and emerald glaze",
      "note": "Square dish with a recessed well. The glaze is divided, pooling dark in the centre."
    },
    {
      "id": "fluted-tile",
      "title": "Faceted Plates",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=fluted-tile",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9783.jpg",
      "series": "Dishes",
      "material": "Stoneware, moss glaze over buff clay",
      "note": "A small ridged slab. Vertical fluting holds the glaze; a third of the surface is left as clay."
    },
    {
      "id": "interlocking-form",
      "title": "Triangular Strata Pot with inlaid porcelain and oxides",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=interlocking-form",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9784.jpg",
      "series": "Sculptural forms",
      "material": "Stoneware, oxide, slip and glaze",
      "note": "Two curved planes of clay. White trailed lines sit over charcoal and sage."
    },
    {
      "id": "folded-vessel",
      "title": "Triangular Strata Pot with inlaid porcelain and oxides",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=folded-vessel",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9785.jpg",
      "series": "Sculptural forms",
      "material": "Stoneware, slips and crackled white glaze",
      "note": "A pinched, folded form. Calligraphic white marks over iron and mineral green."
    },
    {
      "id": "marked-vessel",
      "title": "Triangular Strata Pot with inlaid porcelain and oxides",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=marked-vessel",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9786.jpg",
      "series": "Sculptural forms",
      "material": "Stoneware, oxide washes and trailed slip",
      "note": "A three-sided vessel. A sparse grid of crackled white lines across a stony, weathered surface."
    },
    {
      "id": "sculptural-vessel",
      "title": "Triangular Strata Pot with inlaid porcelain and oxides",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=sculptural-vessel",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9787.jpg",
      "series": "Sculptural forms",
      "material": "Stoneware, layered slips and glaze",
      "note": "An architectural slab form. Surface treated like ground: ash, oxide and pale clay."
    },
    {
      "id": "indigo-fold",
      "title": "Triangular Strata Pot with inlaid porcelain and oxides",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=indigo-fold",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9788.jpg",
      "series": "Sculptural forms",
      "material": "Stoneware, cobalt, iron and white glaze",
      "note": "A folded, shell-like sculpture. Deep indigo broken by thick, gestural white strokes."
    },
    {
      "id": "shell-form",
      "title": "Triangular Strata Pot with inlaid porcelain and oxides",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=shell-form",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9789.jpg",
      "series": "Sculptural forms",
      "material": "Stoneware, cobalt glaze and trailed slip",
      "note": "A curved sculptural vessel. Mineral blue outside; speckled buff clay within."
    },
    {
      "id": "seed-form",
      "title": "Triangular Strata Pot with inlaid porcelain and oxides",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=seed-form",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9790.jpg",
      "series": "Sculptural forms",
      "material": "Stoneware, oxide, moss and cream glaze",
      "note": "An irregular, hollowed form. The surface reads as stone, seed or weathered ground."
    },
    {
      "id": "folded-form",
      "title": "Triangular Strata Pot with inlaid porcelain and oxides",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=folded-form",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9791.jpg",
      "series": "Sculptural forms",
      "material": "Stoneware, slips and mineral glazes",
      "note": "A compact sculptural object. Folded clay, dry surfaces and pooled glaze."
    },
    {
      "id": "landscape-slab",
      "title": "Landscape Platter",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=landscape-slab",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9792.jpg",
      "series": "Dishes",
      "material": "Stoneware, turquoise, iron and crackled white",
      "note": "A painterly slab. Horizontal drips of teal, a heavy iron mark, and a crackled white band."
    },
    {
      "id": "marked-slab",
      "title": "Landscape Platter",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=marked-slab",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9793.jpg",
      "series": "Dishes",
      "material": "Stoneware, glaze and oxide",
      "note": "An abstract slab. Glaze used as drawing \u2014 line, wash and the colour of the clay."
    },
    {
      "id": "two-platters",
      "title": "Landscape Platters",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=two-platters",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9794.jpg",
      "series": "Dishes",
      "material": "Stoneware, sage, cobalt, terracotta and white glaze",
      "note": "A pair of irregular platters. One pale and sage; the other navy, rust and crackled white."
    },
    {
      "id": "sage-platter",
      "title": "Saki Bottle and Cups",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=sage-platter",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9795.jpg",
      "series": "Dishes",
      "material": "Stoneware, sage glaze and crackled slip",
      "note": "A single slab platter. Soft mineral greens over buff clay."
    },
    {
      "id": "bottle-and-cups",
      "title": "Sake Set",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=bottle-and-cups",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9796.jpg",
      "series": "Vessels",
      "material": "Stoneware, poured forest glaze",
      "note": "A tall bottle with two small cups. Buff throwing rings and a single green pour."
    },
    {
      "id": "poured-bottle",
      "title": "Sake Set",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=poured-bottle",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9797.jpg",
      "series": "Vessels",
      "material": "Stoneware, forest glaze over buff clay",
      "note": "A bottle form. Glaze stopped short, leaving the clay body as part of the drawing."
    },
    {
      "id": "flask-set",
      "title": "Sake Set",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=flask-set",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9798.jpg",
      "series": "Vessels",
      "material": "Stoneware, forest glaze",
      "note": "Flask and two cups. Green glaze as a vertical stroke against raw clay."
    },
    {
      "id": "green-cups",
      "title": "Sake Set",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=green-cups",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9799.jpg",
      "series": "Vessels",
      "material": "Stoneware, forest glaze",
      "note": "Small cups. Faceted walls, glossy green and the pale clay at the foot."
    },
    {
      "id": "three-bowls",
      "title": "Tea Bowls",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=three-bowls",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9800.jpg",
      "series": "Vessels",
      "material": "Stoneware, speckled cream and forest glaze",
      "note": "Three bowls of different scale. A cream, iron-speckled glaze broken by a green splash."
    },
    {
      "id": "speckled-bowls",
      "title": "Tea Bowls",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=speckled-bowls",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9801.jpg",
      "series": "Vessels",
      "material": "Stoneware, cream glaze and green pour",
      "note": "Bowls with a quiet cream surface and a single mineral accent."
    },
    {
      "id": "faceted-cups",
      "title": "Faceted Cups",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=faceted-cups",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9802.jpg",
      "series": "Vessels",
      "material": "Stoneware, forest green glaze",
      "note": "Four small faceted cups. Glaze stops irregularly, showing the sandy clay beneath."
    },
    {
      "id": "faceted-yunomi",
      "title": "Faceted Yunomi",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=faceted-yunomi",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9803.jpg",
      "series": "Vessels",
      "material": "Stoneware, green glaze over buff clay",
      "note": "Small drinking forms. Cut facets and a dark, pooled glaze."
    },
    {
      "id": "ridged-platter",
      "title": "Faceted Bowl and Cups",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=ridged-platter",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/IMG_9804.jpg",
      "series": "Dishes",
      "material": "Stoneware, forest glaze and buff clay",
      "note": "A corrugated slab platter with two faceted tumblers. Half poured, half clay."
    },
    {
      "id": "tripod-vessels",
      "title": "Tripod Vessels",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=tripod-vessels",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/past01.jpg",
      "series": "Previous",
      "material": "2015",
      "note": "Three architectural tripod forms. Turquoise glaze, iron staining and a cracked, weathered surface."
    },
    {
      "id": "footed-vessel",
      "title": "Footed Vessel",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=footed-vessel",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/past02.jpg",
      "series": "Previous",
      "material": "2023",
      "note": "A boat-like vessel on three feet. Moss and cream glazes, with iron speckle and a pierced slab end."
    },
    {
      "id": "crackle-cups",
      "title": "Raku Cups",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=crackle-cups",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/past03.jpg",
      "series": "Previous",
      "material": "2015",
      "note": "A pair of cups. Cream crackle, carbon marking, and iron or moss at the foot."
    },
    {
      "id": "tapered-vase",
      "title": "Tall beaker/vase",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=tapered-vase",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/past04.jpg",
      "series": "Previous",
      "material": "2015",
      "note": "A tall tapered vase. Turquoise glaze, rust drips and small botanical marks."
    },
    {
      "id": "strata-pot",
      "title": "Saggar Fired Jar",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=strata-pot",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/past05.jpg",
      "series": "Previous",
      "material": "2000's",
      "note": "A bulbous pot with a cracked, peeling surface. Cream, ochre and rust, like weathered ground."
    },
    {
      "id": "faceted-tea-cups",
      "title": "Faceted salt glaze yunomis",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=faceted-tea-cups",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/past06.jpg",
      "series": "Previous",
      "material": "1990's",
      "note": "Three faceted tea cups. Heavy texture, dark and honey interiors."
    },
    {
      "id": "dark-jug",
      "title": "Thrown Ash Glaze",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=dark-jug",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/past07.jpg",
      "series": "Previous",
      "material": "1990's",
      "note": "A tall jug with a pinched spout. Dark glaze breaking in stripes to the clay."
    },
    {
      "id": "lidded-jar",
      "title": "Faceted Lidded Jar",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=lidded-jar",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/past09.jpg",
      "series": "Previous",
      "material": "1990's",
      "note": "A stout lidded jar. Glossy dark glaze with streaks of the clay body left showing."
    },
    {
      "id": "sunburst-bowl",
      "title": "Tenmoku Bowl and Flower",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=sunburst-bowl",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/past10.jpg",
      "series": "Previous",
      "material": "1990's",
      "note": "A deep bowl. Dark glossy interior with a hand-painted terracotta sunburst."
    },
    {
      "id": "two-handled-cup",
      "title": "Thrown Tenmoku 3-Handled Love Cup",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=two-handled-cup",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/past11.jpg",
      "series": "Previous",
      "material": "2000's",
      "note": "A two-handled cup. Warm clay with brushed black slip and a stamped mark."
    },
    {
      "id": "crackle-bowl",
      "title": "Porcelain and Grey Celadon",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=crackle-bowl",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/past12.jpg",
      "series": "Previous",
      "material": "1990's",
      "note": "A thrown bowl. Pale crackle glaze with painted wavy lines around the body."
    },
    {
      "id": "slip-platter",
      "title": "Tenmoku Plate",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=slip-platter",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/past13.jpg",
      "series": "Previous",
      "material": "1990's",
      "note": "A shallow platter. Terracotta with crawled white slip and a dark central mark."
    },
    {
      "id": "two-jugs",
      "title": "High fired slipware Jugs",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=two-jugs",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/past08.jpg",
      "series": "Previous",
      "material": "2000's",
      "note": "A pair of jugs. Cream clay, a wash of moss glaze, and iron brushwork."
    },
    {
      "id": "green-urn",
      "title": "Earthenware Coil Pot with Copper and Cobalt Glaze",
      "url": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/work.html?id=green-urn",
      "image": "https://grahammatthewsceramics.com/media/past15.jpg",
      "series": "Previous",
      "material": "1991",
      "note": "A large tapered urn. Deep green glaze, a rope rim and small loop handles."
    }
  ]
}