exhibitors
This summer we have ten potters displaying their ceramics and working in the temporary studio set up at the back of the shop.
Karen
Bolt
I started ceramics as a hobby 15 years ago but have finally set up a studio at home and am thoroughly enjoying "creating" at any hour of the day and night! I prefer working in the extremes with fine porcelain and sandy crank and mainly produce hand built and sculptural pieces. My inspiration comes from many different places; the shapes and colours found in my garden be it a seed head or tree bark, the coast of north Cornwall with its rock pools, changing light and rugged coast, the texture of antique lace and the words I hear that touch me. Commissions are welcome - I will always try and interpret your requirements with no obligation to buy unless you are 100% happy.
I started ceramics as a hobby 15 years ago but have finally set up a studio at home and am thoroughly enjoying "creating" at any hour of the day and night! I prefer working in the extremes with fine porcelain and sandy crank and mainly produce hand built and sculptural pieces. My inspiration comes from many different places; the shapes and colours found in my garden be it a seed head or tree bark, the coast of north Cornwall with its rock pools, changing light and rugged coast, the texture of antique lace and the words I hear that touch me. Commissions are welcome - I will always try and interpret your requirements with no obligation to buy unless you are 100% happy.
Susan Day
"My work is continually evolving. It starts with the clay and my favourite clays are either very rough or very smooth. So I work with coarse textured cranks and creamy smooth porcelain. The cranks are used for pots for the patio and conservatory and the porcelain for tableware.
The garden influences my work in crank. This series of pots is equally suited to the patio or the conservatory and include planters and bird baths some inspired by pebbles. These are designed for low growing plants but look just as good left unplanted when the turquoise interior can be glimpsed.
An interest in food and its presentation at the table led to a series of bowls and dishes thrown in translucent porcelain. The bowls range in size from tiny for dipping sauces to large fruit bowls. The interiors are glazed with colours inspired by the sea in all its guises from grey through blues to green."
"My work is continually evolving. It starts with the clay and my favourite clays are either very rough or very smooth. So I work with coarse textured cranks and creamy smooth porcelain. The cranks are used for pots for the patio and conservatory and the porcelain for tableware.
The garden influences my work in crank. This series of pots is equally suited to the patio or the conservatory and include planters and bird baths some inspired by pebbles. These are designed for low growing plants but look just as good left unplanted when the turquoise interior can be glimpsed.
An interest in food and its presentation at the table led to a series of bowls and dishes thrown in translucent porcelain. The bowls range in size from tiny for dipping sauces to large fruit bowls. The interiors are glazed with colours inspired by the sea in all its guises from grey through blues to green."
Sally Dorrity
I started making pots 30 years ago, learning to throw and becoming familiar with the basics of working with clay, before taking a long break.
Returning after 15 years, my interest changed to hand building pots, which is now my main focus, working at home in Oxford and at college in Iver.
I work in stoneware, using both crank and black clays, to create medium and large statement pieces.
I started making pots 30 years ago, learning to throw and becoming familiar with the basics of working with clay, before taking a long break.
Returning after 15 years, my interest changed to hand building pots, which is now my main focus, working at home in Oxford and at college in Iver.
I work in stoneware, using both crank and black clays, to create medium and large statement pieces.
Martin Eastabrook
"I make hand built and thrown functional and decorative ware. Items are made from a range of stoneware and porcelain clays. My fascination is in the alchemy of the applied glazes so that texture and colour make an impact. The self-formulated glazes tend to be minimal allowing the form to host unconventional and unique surfaces.Motivation results from extensive research and trials married to the wish to make attractive and desirable objects that are a bit different.
It is the fun of the ceramic process that inspires and each kiln opening is held with expectant optimism. Always searching for the perfect pot."
Martin is based near Newbury, Berkshire.
"I make hand built and thrown functional and decorative ware. Items are made from a range of stoneware and porcelain clays. My fascination is in the alchemy of the applied glazes so that texture and colour make an impact. The self-formulated glazes tend to be minimal allowing the form to host unconventional and unique surfaces.Motivation results from extensive research and trials married to the wish to make attractive and desirable objects that are a bit different.
It is the fun of the ceramic process that inspires and each kiln opening is held with expectant optimism. Always searching for the perfect pot."
Martin is based near Newbury, Berkshire.
Inge Hutchins
I came to make pots about 25 Years ago, as a means to find an outlet for my creativity and to keep myself sane (two small, very demanding children at the time).
Very soon I couldn't do without it anymore. I was hooked!
I have worked in many studios in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire and over the last few years I have taken part in exhibitions and sold my work at Maidenhead’s art market ART IN THE STREET. My pieces are unique and it is always difficult to part with any of my work..
As a professional gardener I love natural materials and colours, so it is no wonder that most of my shapes tend to look “organic”. I have also always been interested in the great old cultures of the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians and even older civilisations, hence, I chose the name ARTEFACTS.
I came to make pots about 25 Years ago, as a means to find an outlet for my creativity and to keep myself sane (two small, very demanding children at the time).
Very soon I couldn't do without it anymore. I was hooked!
I have worked in many studios in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire and over the last few years I have taken part in exhibitions and sold my work at Maidenhead’s art market ART IN THE STREET. My pieces are unique and it is always difficult to part with any of my work..
As a professional gardener I love natural materials and colours, so it is no wonder that most of my shapes tend to look “organic”. I have also always been interested in the great old cultures of the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians and even older civilisations, hence, I chose the name ARTEFACTS.
Christine Morgan
I work in various media to express my love of colour and line. I am inspired by the patterns, lines and textures I see in the world around me both in the natural work and in the city with its differing architecture and constant movement of people and vehicles.
My ceramic work is mainly sculptural and I enjoy handbuilding and altering thrown work. Many of my pots are worked with grogged stoneware and so can be used for display in the garden. My most recent work introduces my painterly skills and colour to mould made bowls and platters.
Experiments with glass fusing in my kiln has been exciting and I am enjoying producing such colourful work. A recent commission included ‘The Empty Cross’ for Wokingham Methodist Church.
Colour and texture is also explored in my mixed media work and I enjoy exploring ways of conveying the emotions of places and people in a more abstract way.
More information at www.brandywineart.co.uk
I work in various media to express my love of colour and line. I am inspired by the patterns, lines and textures I see in the world around me both in the natural work and in the city with its differing architecture and constant movement of people and vehicles.
My ceramic work is mainly sculptural and I enjoy handbuilding and altering thrown work. Many of my pots are worked with grogged stoneware and so can be used for display in the garden. My most recent work introduces my painterly skills and colour to mould made bowls and platters.
Experiments with glass fusing in my kiln has been exciting and I am enjoying producing such colourful work. A recent commission included ‘The Empty Cross’ for Wokingham Methodist Church.
Colour and texture is also explored in my mixed media work and I enjoy exploring ways of conveying the emotions of places and people in a more abstract way.
More information at www.brandywineart.co.uk
Penny Murray
The central tenet of Penny’s work is hand-thrown stoneware pottery, concentrating on the simple forms and textures of traditional functional ware. Penny’s glazes vary from frosty greens to rich blues; subject also to the unpredictable results of reduction firing in a gas kiln. Penny has a studio at her home in Berkshire.
The central tenet of Penny’s work is hand-thrown stoneware pottery, concentrating on the simple forms and textures of traditional functional ware. Penny’s glazes vary from frosty greens to rich blues; subject also to the unpredictable results of reduction firing in a gas kiln. Penny has a studio at her home in Berkshire.
Les Parrott
I make bowls, vases, teapots, mugs, butter dishes, jugs and other functional wares in porcelain and stoneware.
Many of the pots are thrown but some are handbuilt. The pots are often textured and impressed to induce variations of glaze thickness and hence colour.
I make bowls, vases, teapots, mugs, butter dishes, jugs and other functional wares in porcelain and stoneware.
Many of the pots are thrown but some are handbuilt. The pots are often textured and impressed to induce variations of glaze thickness and hence colour.
Jane Schneider
"A few years ago, I started making ceramics and realised that it's something I love doing. Since then, I've enjoyed making brightly coloured tiles and other small ceramics, with care and a sense of humour.
I take inspiration for my ceramics from my love of comic strips, fifties advertising and street and pop art. I enjoy the challenge of making a miniature statement, seeing what can be done with a small piece of clay by adding colour, words and sometimes shape or texture."
"A few years ago, I started making ceramics and realised that it's something I love doing. Since then, I've enjoyed making brightly coloured tiles and other small ceramics, with care and a sense of humour.
I take inspiration for my ceramics from my love of comic strips, fifties advertising and street and pop art. I enjoy the challenge of making a miniature statement, seeing what can be done with a small piece of clay by adding colour, words and sometimes shape or texture."
Jen Whitehead
Jen produces functional and decorative pottery in the studio in her back garden. Most of the pots are produced on the wheel and fired in an electric kiln.
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Jen produces functional and decorative pottery in the studio in her back garden. Most of the pots are produced on the wheel and fired in an electric kiln.
jenwhiteheadpots.blogspot.co.uk
www.facebook.com/JenWhiteheadPottery