‘I make wheel thrown and handbuilt slip decorated earthenware, fired in an electric kiln. I would say all the work is functional. Working with slip is for me all about the moment, everything else is preparation for that. I prepare the materials, plans, ideas and myself and then stop thinking and act. Sometimes it works and other times not, when it does it’s like everything flows. With the finished work, I look to see if I have caught any of that moment.

There are lots of influences, traditional slipware, music, outsider art, contemporary American ceramics and abstract expressionism. I think my work is an attempt to catch some glimpses of life’s euphoria and communicate them in the best way I can.’

Dylan studied at Camberwell School of Art (1989-91) and was assistant to various potters in the USA, before setting up his studio in Oxfordshire in 1998. He is widely exhibited and has taken part in Ceramic Art London (RCA) since 2005.