 Rose has lived in Oxford for the past thirty years. She has been involved in ceramics since 1998 latterly studying at Buckinghamshire New University, graduating with a 1st class B.A.(hons) in 2008.
She was selected in 2011 as a professional member of the CPA.
We are delighted to be showing a range of her latest work for the first time...
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 Carole is an internationally renowned textile artist.
She makes painted clothes, and paintings on veils of cloth’ which become installations in three dimensional space.
Recently she has developed a way of working with glass to enclose the fragile fabric membrane in a tough monumental material...
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 Josie read anthropology and following graduation in 1972 taught social studies for three years. However by 1979 she had completed ceramic training at Chesterfield College of Art and set up a workshop and retail outlet in Derbyshire.
Josie’s distinctive functional pots have been a feature of the British studio pottery scene for over thirty years...
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 Gary was born in Worcestershire in the early 60s where he lives with his wife and daughter.
He is a self taught artist who works in watercolour and pen using his vivid imagination to create a world of realistic fantasy.
His subjects range from individual businesses, aeroplanes, boats and cars to anything his mind takes a fancy to....
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I have worked in saltglaze for more than 25 years. Landscape is a theme in my work. I have walked, drawn and painted it since childhood and this lies behind the evolution of my Birdbaths, made since 1984.
Bird Baths, Sculptural pieces, Tiles, mugs, beakers, plates and bowls, all in saltglaze, comprise my current range of work...
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 My work is linked to painting.
I use the ceramic surface as a canvas for my response to a literal and abstract, personal landscape. I love the spontaneity and mark making quality of clay. I hope to make the work approachable and tactile, in opposition to the “hands-off” and precious association of fine ceramics. Hence, the tension of a matt exterior against the glazed interior. ...
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 My aim is to make pots which have simple forms with integral decoration and aspects which can interact with the environment in interesting ways; to express a balance between these dynamic qualities and a sense of stillness and containment.
I try to evolve form and surface treatment together using abstract decoration partly derived from the form but tempered also by external influences...
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 Amanda’s work stems from a fascination with human nature and our ability to communicate without words.
She takes inspiration from the complexities of relationships and the qualities that make each of us individual, both physically and emotionally...
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 Robin Welch has been a singular figure in British studio ceramics for at least forty years. His freely constructed vessels - hand-built and thrown - are three-dimensional abstract expressionism. He is the archetypal potter /painter. Whether his work is on paper, board, canvas or in clay, there is a constant and consistent creative flow...
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 I grew up and studied photography and printmaking in Holland. In England I worked for many years as a painter and print maker.
One day, on a visit to Salisbury Cathedral, I was particularly struck by “The prisoners of conscience” window, painted by Gabriel Loire...
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I am a glass & enamel artist & work from home in Solihull,
West Midlands.
I have been working with stained glass for the past 7 years & more recently with enamel for 3 years.
I relish in all forms of glass, therefore I enjoy using different mediums in my canvases & leaded panels...
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 The last few years have seen him return to using lustre, this time applied to a terra sigillata surface, raku fired and smoked. The combination of gold and smoked polished terra sigillata is irresistible - a rich sensuous surface.
He feels that above all he is a potter who responds primarily to materials and processes...
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 After a career in teaching art in Midlands' Schools, David White retired early and became a full-time artist in 1996. David is an elected Member of The Easel Club, The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and The Birmingham Art Circle of which he is currently Vice-President.
Much of his recent work has used geometric man-made forms alongside organic qualities in landscape...
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 As soon as I discovered the process of pit firing I knew that it was a way of working that I strongly identified with, and I felt that I had found my creative direction...
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 A Kandinsky exhibition in London provoked Steve into art. He reacted, as many people do when they see abstract art - 'I could do that'. He became a big fan of the semi abstract style of artists such as David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Fernand Leger, Tom Wesselmann and Bob Kessel.
After ten years perfecting his art Steve stumbled across Reflexionism on a sailing holiday in Croatia....
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 Inspired by the ordinary, my interest is in taking a snapshot of everyday urban
life and preserving the beauty of something that is often overlooked, using canvas and paint.
My paintings range from impressionistic to photo-realistic, the latter being the style selected for the show in Worcester, in order to most effectively translate that freeze-frame moment onto canvas...
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 Potter who specialises in thrown and hand built pieces using crater glazes
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 The images I create are composed from informal and staged photography. The limitations of photography in terms of narrative capacity are at the forefront of my practice. My work is intent on capturing an unresolved narrative, one which permits the viewer to transfer a personal narrative and reflect on the still image...
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 "Originally from Yorkshire, I trained at Camberwell School of Art and the R.C.A., and now live and work in Sussex. I am the head of the Ceramics Diploma course at City Lit in London.
I make hand built vessel forms exploring a number of ideas and themes ??“ landscape, memories, symbols, people, meanings and associations beyond literal representation...
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 Kathryn blows hot glass! She is an award-winning artist, designer/maker of quality/quirky, funky/fresh, stylish/sassy handblown glass.
Her products include one off art pieces, functional objects created for an interior led market as well as a stunning range of glass 'art for wearing'...
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Since 1987, Christiane has lived and worked in Munich in her own studio. This is where her ceramic objects in stoneware and porcelain, vessels and sculptural work, are created.
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 Lisa is a contemporary Ceramicist.
She works mainly with hand thrown and hand built Stoneware, enjoying these traditional methods and giving them a modern feel.
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 Catherine studied Fine Art at the University of the West of England, graduating in 1997 when she received the Rebecca Smith Award for Printmaking. In 2001 she completed a Master’s degree in multi-disciplinary Printmaking also at UWE, and received a Printmakers council award in her final year of study.
Her inspiration primarily comes from the textural qualities of landscape...
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 Jewels says
"I am a Ceramic Artist who completed my BA (Hons) in Contemporary Applied Art in 2010. Since then I have set up my own studio in which I make functional, hand thrown porcelain vessels.
I throw porcelain vessels enriched with oxides and slips that explore my fascination with coastlines...
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 The figures have been developed by also looking back in time to classical sculpture and the work of Rodin as well as the contemporary work of Anthony Gormley. The environments Gormly sets his figures in have been a catalyst for the juxtaposed figure to the architectural form...
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 My current work combines the use of vibrantly coloured matt glazes with a glossier delicate pale blue glaze. I have set out to produce a range of work which has a bright and contemporary feel to it, and which does not allude to the clichés of traditional pottery...
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 This range of mugs and creamers, is designed and made by Jeremy Steward and Ana Simmons in South Herefordshire.
From December 2012, Ana began a one year formal apprenticeship with Jeremy, with the generous support from ‘AaP’ the Adopt a Potter Trust...
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 Tessa is new to the gallery although no stranger to the ceramic scene. Her fine art training and her use of colour are evident in her work. Previously a collaborator with the Conran Shop, which featured a number of her designs, as well as widely exhibiting her work here and internationally -
Tessa’s work will be a new and welcome voice at Bevere.
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 As a ceramics student in the eighties, I was fascinated by a statement from “The Unknown Craftsman” by Soetsu Yanagi :
“When you are doing your work, you and your work are two different things, but when you become the work and do the work, true work becomes possible”...
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 John Wood MCSD, FSAI, RBSA
John was born in Birmingham with a talent for art and an early apprenticeship in heavy engineering. His introduction to the arts as a profession began with Calligraphy, Heraldry and hand drawn lettering...
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 Rachel says
"I love to explore the rhythm and movement of throwing clay on a wheel, excited by the freshness and spontaneity of the results. My personal intuitive touch is an integral part of my pots. This is evident by a wet hand on a soft form fresh off the wheel, through to an individual hand or fingerprint emphasised by the glaze...
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 Steve Woodhead has been potting since 1980, and became a fellow of the Craft Potters Association in 1993.
Steve makes a range of hand thrown domestic stoneware. The great chefs on TV have created a move back to the kitchen to enjoy great food and have fun preparing it. His new range of classic domestic ware has been designed to embrace this new environment.
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 Hollie is a designer and craftswoman who uses reclaimed wood and fittings to make quirky functional furniture. Her influences come from the allotment and smallholding lifestyle she grew up with in rural Oxfordshire.
Chickens have always been a central part to her daily life, and so have become the leading characters of her work...
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I prefer to build upwards with coils of clay. I enjoy the slower pace, manipulating the shape and form as the pot develops. I work on a theme making 3 or 4 at a time, each one a development of the preceding vessel. Sometimes I revisit a theme at a later date taking it in a different direction. Texture is always an important aspect of my work and smooth insides often contrast with rough outsides....
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