Donna McGee

Donna McGee works inwheel-thrown or slab-built,low-fire, red earthenware clay. The surfaces are decorated with slips, underglaze pens, pencils, stains, and chalks. Surface decoration begins by applying a layer of slip, then scratching through layers of slip using the sgraffito technique.

The drawing forms the base she uses to structure the rest of the surface work. These spontaneous drawings are based on her sketchbook drawings of the human figure, fields, farm, and domestic scenes. McGee fires her work in an electric kiln in an oxidation firing. Drawings and motifs on her pieces are inspired by constant sketches of people, places, domesticity.

McGee also experiments with her first clay, stoneware, fired in wood or gas with soda or salt.