 It was traditional slipware as well as 18th and 19th century porcelain I was always attracted by. Two very different styles yet both have rich qualities about them and both have influenced my work from the beginning. I was already 35 years old when I finally left my career as a research technician to follow a long cherished idea...
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 "Although my ideas and inspiration come from the Cornish landscape, especially West Cornwall, people often say my paintings remind them of other landscapes, usually a place or a time that has a special meaning for them. This is not unexpected as when we look at an abstracted image we bring to it our visual memories. So for each of us it has its own meaning".
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 Antonia has worked as a ceramic artist since 1984, developing a strong interest in making ceramic sculptures that have a purity of line and form. The processes of hand burnishing the surfaces and smoke firing the finished pieces imbue the work with subtly and depth; the works appear timeless, contemplative and poised...
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 Michael Salt was born in 1955 in North Worcestershire and studied at Stourbridge Art College.
After working in Jersey and Wales as a Graphic Artist, he returned to his own town of Stourbridge, to concentrate on painting.
He finds inspirations in varying subjects, the British countryside, whether rural or coastal, buildings, railways and aircraft...
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 Samvado is a sculptor based on the Lizard.
We have two of his works out of Nature in the Bevere Collection of sculptures in the Gallery garden.
From local trees, Samvado's simple forms take us into the landscape. Wood is not just material but show their source in their structure, and if life is one, our source too...
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 Lily studied sculpture at Harrow School of Art in London, and her figures have gone to collectors as far afield as the U.S., New Zealand and Australia, as well as throughout the U.K. and Europe. Lily's love of African and Oceanic art is clearly reflected in her work and the early influence of Brancusi and Modigliani have contributed to the special character of her figures...
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 Micki lives & works in the beautiful environment of the Gower Penninsular, South Wales, where she makes wood-fired, salt-glazed ceramics.
As one of very few potters in the UK making contemporary wood fired salt glazed work.
Micki explains
"The packing of a salt kiln is very intricate and time consuming...
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Kate Schuricht makes elegant raku and stoneware sculptural ceramics in a range of subtle crackles and smoky finishes.
Raku fired boxes, vessels and containers with permanently bound lids are conceived as small scale installations. Wood, slate and precious metal gilding are all used to create a sense of balance and harmony with the ceramics...
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 "I studied at Camberwell and Edinburgh College of Art and have been making ceramics for over 20 years. Throughout my career I have exhibited extensively and have work in both private and public collections and have had work selected for many international competitions including Mino, Japan and The Fletcher Challenge in New Zealand of which I was the premier winner...
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John Scott Martin RSBA
John was born in Nottingham and studied painting at Nottingham College of Art in the 60's. He lives in rural Warwickshire, just about as far from the sea as you can get. This doesn't stop him from making frequent trips to the coast to build his picture library...
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My work involves the digital manipulation of established vocabularies of printed motif, pattern and image from industrial ceramic archives and engraved book illustration. Cloning and collaging these, sometimes with photographic elements, I create contemporary artworks in ceramic and printed form.
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 Karinna is a contemporary artist / maker with a passion for creating unique objects from hot glass.
Using traditional glass blowing and hand forming skills combined with modern design, Karinna creates elegant pieces ranging from luxury giftware to one off art forms...
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 My practice focuses on the exploration of materials and process.
My current work looks at celebrating and enhancing the process of slipcasting and exploring how a user relates to a product by creating a narrative.
By manipulating the normal methods of slipcasting, using a layering technique, I create unique objects that elevate a process normally
associated with mass production. My...
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 The theme of Kathy’s work is fired by an interest in people, their complexities, the protective barriers they erect and their strength and fragility. The pieces are made in series which allows different aspects to emerge.
The technique involves laminating different clay bodies, including coloured porcelain. The method evolved from an interest in geology...
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 Vicky holds a BA (Hons) and A Masters degree in ceramics from CNAA, Staffordshire Polytechnic, now Staffordshire University.
Vicky is noted for her work in porcelain, particularly for her expertise in porcelain finishes and her distinctive use of colour and form...
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 Georgia works out her personal, social and political issues through making ceramics. She aspires to make work that embodies an aesthetic awareness and that holds ideas, through focusing on everyday objects that are often domestic.
The work is hand built...
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 My work I explores the relationships between the processes that make the piece and the effects they create, as well as the relationship between the pot and the user.
I make solely wheel thrown, high fired, porcelain objects with a functional purpose...
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 Peter says
"I was born in Birmingham and trained at Moseley School of Art and Birmingham College of Art...
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 Sally Shrimpton studied ceramics at Harrogate Art College and followed a career in ceramics from her home in Tockwith, Yorkshire for many years. An early member of the Northern Potters Association, she edited their newsletter and became the Chair. She temporarily laid aside ceramics to spend a year in China making films for an independent film company...
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 Intricate beauty and hidden details of nature play a central role in my work, coupled with a love of throwing as a means of making.
Beautiful markings and fascinating features, created by the forces of nature, are taken directly from the bark of trees to distort and subtly texture the surface of my finely thrown bowls...
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 Daniel Smith produces a wide range of hand-thrown porcelain tableware. His honest and simple approach results in an understated elegance. The weight of the porcelain in the hand combined with the pure delicate forms makes each piece a delight to hold and use.
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 Frank Smith has a lifetime of interest and participation in art, crafts and making generally. He has participated in short courses in a myriad of disciplines from glass engraving to blacksmithing. Theoretical training and working as a professional mechanical engineer provided an appreciation of design, material properties and processes that has served him well in crafts, particularly ceramics.
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 Each piece of work by Mark Smith draws inspiration from the sea, and each has it's own unique appearance and story to tell.
Objects found on travels or by shoreline often become part of the work.
Mark uses a variety of techniques to achieve the finished look of a piece, focusing mainly on decay and repair...
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Author of "Sketching Wild Birds"
Trevor combines a career in wildlife conservation with his passion for wildlife art. He has been painting for 25 years, working from life whenever possible; the British countryside and its wildlife providing the inspiration for his work...
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 Jenny lives and works in Exeter.. She works in the medium of terracotta specializing in individual hand-built figurative sculptures. She is continually evolving new ideas, most of which reference her fascination with Etruscan tomb sculptures and Staffordshire mantelpiece figures. The sculptures explore mythic and domestic themes and many are inspired by working in the garden and on her allotment.
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Stephen makes and fires much of his work in West Wales with Joe Finch. However he is also becoming something of a travelling potter working in Gloucestershire, Ireland, and wherever else the opportunity to woodfire exists.
He is passionate about wood firing...
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 Bradley says
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My practice as a ceramic artist begins with the act of drawing. It is through this physical process that I reach a greater understanding of the subject considered, and in a way, it becomes part of me...
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 Kenneth Spooner was born 1942 in Leek, Staffordshire. Although he started creating art from an early age he had no formal art education until he was in his late twenties, graduating from North Staffordshire University in 1973 with a BA Fine Art 1st Class (Hons.)...
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 Tim is an artist and illustrator working from his studios in Malin, County Donegal, Ireland. He creates handmade prints from his wood engravings and woodcuts and also produces watercolour illustrations.
In 1989, he moved to Ireland with the Irish artist Ros Harvey. Together established Ballagh Studio in Malin by converting old farm buildings...
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 Most of Barry Stedman’s work is made with red earthenware clay. It is usually wheel thrown and altered or constructed from soft slabs and then painted with coloured slips, stains and oxides.
He enjoys working with simple vessel forms, exploring and developing exciting relationships between colour, texture and form...
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 Brian Steventon . RBSA . MBA. BA Hons
Brian explains “I am inspired by the abstract element within the subject,
very often atmospheric and light conditions enhance the abstract quality
that I am seeking...
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 Jeremy Steward trained in Cornwall and then in Cardiff before being invited to join Wobage Farm Craft Workshops in rural Herefordshire in 1995. He and his wife Petra Reynolds, also a potter, live with their two young sons, on the edge of the Royal Forest of Dean...
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 Jane has been working with clay for over thirty years and is continually inspired by the people, places and things she loves; her family, friends, the sea and the land that gives her clay.
Her continuing experimentation with colour in the glazes she makes holds a deep fascination for her and most of all she enjoys the happy accident...
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