Helen Bates on sun 6 apr 08
Surfing with Helen Bates - April 6, 2008 - some sites from the UK
Hello, how are you?
Places to visit today:
Louisa Taylor (Deptford, London, England, UK)
http://louisataylorceramics.com/
> The roots of this collection began from an investigation into 18th
> Century tableware and the rituals of dining. This led me to question
> how functional ceramic items have evolved and changed to suit the
> eating rituals of today's society.The cup has been integrated with
> the saucer; therefore, one can be stacked on top of another. The
> small cream jug can function as a lid to the sugar pot when stacked
> on top to become a tidy set. My tableware aims to bring a sense of
> grace and presence to the table top, without dominating the food
> that is being presented. It is made from porcelain clay and individually
> thrown on the potters wheel.
Annette Bugansky (London, England, UK)
http://www.loop.gb.com/designers/annettebugansky.html
("trained and worked in fashion and costume design before becoming a
ceramicist")
http://www.designnation.co.uk/index.php?style=profile&category=cer&accessID=501&offset=0&lang=
http://www.cockpitarts.com/directory/makers/bugansky/bugansky01.php
http://www.yellowhouseart.com/artists/artists_info.asp?urn=63
("researches techniques used in other disciplines and develops them for
use in ceramics. Inspiration is drawn from a number of different sources
including textile structure, patterns in natures, contemporary interiors
and city architecture")
Pilkington's Tile and Pottery Company (Manchester, Lancastershire,
England, UK)
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/peterscott/pilkingtons_history.htm
(Early history of the company and exhibition at the Peter Scott Gallery,
Lancaster University)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilkington's_Lancastrian_Pottery_&_Tiles
(Photo of the pottery, with its kilns and canal)
Firing Thoughts - Exhibition and Conference (Manchster, Lancastershire,
England, UK) (2007)
http://www.firingthoughts.co.uk/
(Videos: Sharon Blakey - Making Drawing; Kyra Cane - Mark Making; Susan
Halls - Talking Drawing)
(Myra Kane is lifting a very large pot into a glaze "bath" at the start
of her video!)
Sharon Blakey
http://www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/artefact/sharon_works.htm
Kyra Kane:
http://kyracanejulianbray.co.uk/
http://www.studiopottery.co.uk/db/profile.php?id=366
http://www.theceramicartist.com/display1.asp?mainid=1&select=42
Susan Halls (The UK Susan Halls in London, England, not the Susan Hall
in Point Reyes, California):
http://susanhalls.com/ (One page only)
http://www.williston.com/home/content.asp?id=2020
http://www.aber.ac.uk/~cerwww/gendered/biographies/susanhalls.htm
http://www.aber.ac.uk/~cerwww/gendered/biographies/sheilafournier.htm
(Scroll down)
> she uses whatever process best suits the subject to express and
> develop the form, which is sometimes abstracted to suggest only
> a minimum reference to the animal. She uses paperclay mixed with
> nylon fibre. Occasionally pieces are fired at stoneware
> temperatures but most are low fired by low-technology techniques:
> sawdust, smoke or wood firing. The animal sculptures incorporate
> metal elements such as nails and steel pieces.
http://www.specialcollections.mmu.ac.uk/index.php?page_id=15&img=3
http://www.artdesnet.mmu.ac.uk/gallery/resized/10275_m.jpg
(Vegetable sculptures as well...)
Jacqui Atkin (Oswestry, Shropshire, England, UK)
http://www.number52thegallery.co.uk/artists.php?artistid=15
(burnished, smoke and resist raku fired forms using various handbuilding
techniques, exploring "the contrasts between pattern created by texture
or resist techniques, along side or over the burnished surface - using
the Raku technique for dramatic colour variations and markings") (Not
much of her work shown on the Internet)
http://www.clayart.org.uk/2008/pages/atkin.htm
http://www.cpaceramics.co.uk/gallery_detail.php?member_id=37
http://www.northwalespotters.co.uk/2004January/jacqui%20atkin.htm
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vlink/book_person?p_id=10915924&id=F26ZJgRb
(author of "Pottery Basics", "Handbuilt Pottery Techniques Revealed",
and "Tile Artists Motif Bible")
Cheers! (as the Brits say)
--
Helen Bates
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Clayarters' URLs: http://amsterlaw.com/clayart/
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