Tanya's making is based upon craftsmanship, skill and material enquiry, in a way seeking out the essence of the stuff, using porcelain, stoneware and earthenware clays, some highly refined, others betraying their geological origins.
Tanya is interested in the edges of pots, the balance and poise of their form, structure and surface, but also in their group dynamics; in their relationship to each other and the architectural spaces they inhabit and rest upon. Her background in Theatre and Opera Design is evident. Each vessel is staged: he elements of light and shadow upon convex or concave surface of pots and the resulting perception of their sculptural complexities give objects vitality and resonance; their place and purpose.
The forms are simple, elemental and essentially universal. Some are open bowl forms, others are tall, thrown and assembled cylinders, to become objects with particular haptic and aesthetic qualities.