My names Henry Rhodes, a young ceramic artist from Hebburn in the North East of England, currently based in Hereford. My work is inspired primarily by rock formations but draw inspiration from all aspects of nature from tropical fish to orchids. I have a particular intrest in surface, creating texture in various ways and using my glaze knowledge to my advantage and using a myriad of glazes and colours. I create work which can fall into many realms at once being decorative sculpture or a functional decorative item, seeing my self as both a designer and artist. What i produce has to give a sense of connection to nature or the object which it has been inspired by, similar to the connection I feel when working with clay it self.