Caroline Egleston was initially drawn to ceramics through the fresh brushwork of maiolica. To her, this was spontaneous joy. She has ever since been seeking a way to articulate through clay. Clay has a remarkable ability to record gesture - and this gesture communicates emotion and physicality directly to the viewer. The different states of clay, from liquid to solid, capture gesture in fascinatingly varied ways before being fixed by the firing process. Since ancient cuneiform (wedged shaped forms inscribed onto clay tablets), we have used the immediacy of clay to communicate with each other. She uses the shapes found in architecture – squares, circles, triangles – and fits them together. Through spontaneous brushwork, there is movement over the whole surface and she explores the subtlety of glazes so the tiles create sustained interest. For tile commissions, Egleston works directly with clients or designers to find the right arrangement for their space, an evolving collaborative process. Recent design commissions include a set of tiled tables for Soho House and a four-metre long frieze for a property in Mount Hawke, Cornwall.