Helen Bates on wed 2 jul 03
Ceramics Galleries - UK
JaM and Eton Applied Arts (Eton, Windsor, England, UK) (Eton, Windsor,=20
England, UK):
Run by Mike Turner and Jacqueline Norris (Ceramist) - Gallery showing=20
British contemporary applied art, including ceramics. Click on "eaa"=20
for details on ceramics and glass - then click on "eaa makers."
The site requires "Flash" capabilities in your browser.
Ceramic Artists:
Dale Butroid; Kate Byrne; Dan Chapple; Clare Conrad; Richard Dewar;=20
Georgina Dunkley; Chris Hawkins; Regina Heinz; Richard Henham; Kerry=20
Jameson; Emma Johnstone; Christy Keeney; Ian McWhinnie; Maureen Minchin;=20
Emily Myers; Jacqueline Norris; Nicky Smart and Lorraine Taylor=20
(Penkridge Ceramics); Anne Kari Ramberg Marshall; Jacqui Ramrayka; Tom=20
Sutton; Sasha Wardell; Zo=EB Whiteside; Peter Wills.
Ingleby Gallery (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
Ceramic artists:
... Rupert Spira (Shropshire, England, UK) (Wheel thrown vessels,=20
sometimes inscribed with poems.) Intended as sculpture, and priced=20
accordingly, Spira's vessels are in the Coper-Rie tradition. In the=20
blurb, he is praised for his wonderful glazes, but the Ingleby Gallery=20
images don't seem to do the pieces justice. Spira formerly owned a=20
production pottery and tile studio in Hampshire, England, where a number=20
of other British potters and tile makers apprenticeda. The pottery,=20
which now concentrates on tile making, is still in operation under new=20
ownership: . There are excellent=20
examples of the company's rich tile glazes on the site; possibly ones=20
developed by Spira during his time there.
... Andy Goldsworthy (Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK) "Clay Wall"=20
installation (for sale, price unstated)
"Wall" image is here:=20
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Again, the image is too small, and too diminished for more than a bare=20
glimpse of the artist's work.
... Hylton Nel (Born in Zambia, spent time in Antwerp and England, now=20
in South Africa) (Tin glazed pottery);
... Julian Stair (London, England, UK) (Porcelain and stoneware=20
pottery; interesting forms)
Glass House Gallery (Truro, Cornwall, England, UK)
Includes art by ceramic sculptors in the "Ceramics and 3D" section:
John Bedding; Stephen Clutterbuck; William Cramer; Shirley Foote; Sam=20
Hall; Hugh West;
Also on site, in the "Exhibitions" section: "CERAMICA 2002 International=20
Festival of Clay":
Dan Chapple; Linda Styles; Kathy Luntley;
Laburnum Ceramics Gallery (Yanwath, Near Penrith, Cumbria, UK):
Artists:
Bruce Hardwicke & Lynn Critchlow; Carlos van Reigersburg; Christine=20
Gittins; David Constantine; Don Glanville; Eddie & Margaret Curtis; Elli=20
Pearson; Gabrielle Priestley; Jean-Paul Landreau; Jim Malone; John=20
Calver; John Drinkwater; Mike Dodd; Pat Armstrong; Peter Reynolds;=20
Richard Dewar-France; Rosalind Rosenblatt; Rowena Kinsman;
Ruthanne Tudball; Tessa Wolfe Murray;
The Independent Craft Galleries Association (ICGA)
Web site for an Association of non-publicly-funded crafts galleries in=20
the UK. Galleries featuring pottery and ceramics are well-represented.=20
Some galleries have their own web sites linked from this site.
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Staffordshire UK potters and potteries
Stephen Parry-Thomas Morrigan Craft Pottery (Stoke-on-Trent,=20
Staffordshire, England, UK)
Clayarter Stephen Parry-Thomas and is makes a range of hand thrown=20
domestic ware decorated using slips to form marble and agate surface=20
patterns. His site has educational as well as promotional text and photo=
s.
28th June 2003 After a recent overhaul of the site, it now runs well in=20
Netscape 7.2 & IE 6.
Lise B. Moorecroft (daugher of Walter and grand-daughter of William)
(Staffordshire, England, UK)
Moorecroft style is revitalized and ravishing in the hands of this fine
potter, the newest member of the Moorecroft family. Moorecroft has
worked for Mooreland and Poole Potteries and now runs her own studio.
The site requires Flash to view.
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Moorcroft Pottery is owned now by another family, the Edwards Family.
Rachel Bishop became Moorcroft's fourth designer in almost a hundred
years. She is now the senior designer amongst a half a dozen or more
staff designers. There is a Windows Media video series of the factory
production methods.
Mark Dally (MWD Squiggle Pottery) (Stone, Staffordshire, UK)
Designer-Maker Mark Dally, M.A.(!) studied at Staffordshire University,=20
Stoke on Trent where he specialised in Ceramics and Surface Pattern. He=20
makes a line of "Black&WhiteWare" functional pieces, "a bold,=20
contemporary take on traditional Staffordshire slipware", and various=20
whimsical "modern" clocks. He says about his clocks: "In my work I try=20
to transform the everyday into the surprising and witty - yet still=20
faintly familiar. Starting with shapes taken from plastic childrens'=20
toys or household gadgets, and by adapting some industrial ceramic=20
techniques to my studio ceramic approach, I rearrange and re-assemble=20
elements from mass production to make my handmade clockwork characters."
Stephen Parry-Thomas Morrigan Craft Pottery (Stoke-on-Trent,=20
Staffordshire, England, UK)
Clayarter Stephen Parry-Thomas and is makes a range of hand thrown=20
domestic ware decorated using slips to form marble and agate surface=20
patterns. His site has educational as well as promotional text and photo=
s.
28th June 2003 After a recent overhaul of the site, it now runs well in=20
Netscape 7.2 & IE 6.
Ceram
CERAM is an internationally renowned centre of technical excellence for=20
the ceramics and other materials-based industries. It is a non-profit=20
company whose services are offered on a contract or membership basis.=20
It has operated from its site in Stoke-on-Trent, since 1948; CERAM's=20
activities include investigation, evaluation, manufacture, use and=20
proving, applied from the material through to finished product or=20
product application. The "Members' Showcase" link in the menu provides=20
links to Staffordshire ceramics manufacturers.
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More potters from the UK
Steve Marr and Andrew Pollard (The Potters Barn) (Cheshire, UK)
Marr and Pollard are pottery partners who work in raku and stoneware.=20
They also teach children and adults, including homeschoolers, in their=20
studio, and they provide an online selection of books to order from=20
Amazon.com. They market the "Discus" pottery wheel, which is powered=20
with what is referred to as a "pancake" motor. Most versions are=20
table-top wheels, but there is one floor model for the professional=20
thrower, that is capable of throwing 85 pounds of clay.
Jeremy James Ceramics (Derbyshire, England, UK)
James does compelling sculptures in stoneware, mainly of animal=20
subjects. I am trying to understand what emotion these pieces invoke in=20
me. Perhaps irony? Whatever, the viewer must draw on internal cues to=20
interpret the pieces (or not). Not by the farthest stretch of the=20
imagination "cute" or "whimsical", nor are they merely anatomically=20
accurate representations of the animals they portray (though they are=20
that), these sculptures come across as somehow ever so slightly unsettlin=
g.
Helen
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