▁before ▁moving ▁to ▁Well ington , ▁where ▁he ▁is ▁now ▁based . ▁ ▁W riter ▁Anna ▁Mil es ▁notes ▁that ▁Str at ton ' s ▁work ▁" dis plays ▁an ▁av id ▁interest ▁in ▁historic ▁European ▁forms ▁of ▁domestic ▁pot tery , ▁somewhat ▁impro bably ▁combined ▁with ▁aut obi ographical ▁reflection ." ▁ ▁Cur ator ▁L ily ▁H ack ing ▁has ▁also ▁noted ▁that ▁his ▁work ▁also ▁contains ▁political ▁them es , ▁" be ▁that ▁on ▁the ▁scale ▁of ▁global ▁conflicts ▁or ▁the ▁politics ▁implicit ▁in ▁being ▁a ▁stay - at - home ▁d ad ". ▁ ▁Str at ton ▁has ▁studied ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁cer am ic ▁art ▁extens ively , ▁and ▁exhib itions ▁such ▁as ▁Après ▁les ▁B ale ines , ▁held ▁at ▁The ▁Dow se ▁Art ▁Museum ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁have ▁shown ▁how ▁he ▁uses ▁" the ▁style ▁of ▁English ▁and ▁European ▁orn amental ▁w are ▁but ▁with ▁a ▁contemporary ▁tw ist ." ▁Str at ton ▁maintain s ▁a ▁large ▁collection ▁of ▁technical ▁cer am ic ▁manual s ▁from ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁centuries , ▁from ▁which ▁he ▁has ▁developed ▁his ▁techniques , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁international ▁travel ▁and ▁research . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁Str at ton ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁Port age ▁Cer am ic ▁Awards ▁res iden cy ▁at ▁G uld ager ga ard ▁in ▁Den mark . ▁He ▁under to ok ▁the ▁res iden cy ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁and ▁displayed ▁the ▁resulting ▁works ▁at ▁Te ▁U ru ▁in ▁