After Sally finished her foundation Course at Hereford College of Art, she studied Ceramics and 3D Design at Bath Academy of Art, graduating in 1971. Then Sally went on to study for a PGCE at Lancaster before she became a teacher.  

Working in bronze is a new venture for me.  I have spent some years developing skills as a ceramic artist, sculpting in porcelain, bone china and stoneware, and painting with colours which I make from mineral salts on raw porcelain. I love working with clay and the excitement of firing.

We keep Indian Runner ducks, so these small bronzes are the result of years of detailed observation. 

The colours on the coloured bronzes are derived from minerals, and fixed with a heat process, comparable with glazing. They are all different and vary a lot within each series. Each duck is signed, numbered and copyright of the artist. They are cast in the traditional lost wax process for hot bronzes, hand finished and patinated at the foundry, then usually further worked on by the artist.

 

Barry was born in Watford in 1956 and originally studied 3D design at Barnfield College in Luton before tutoring there. In 2005 he took BA. (Hons) in Ceramics at The University of Westminster and during 2009-10 he was part time assistant at Edmund De Waal’s studio in London.

The experience of, drawing and painting out in the field, inspires and informs my work in clay. I choose to draw in places that are exciting to me and involve the changing pattern of sky, sounds, colours, freshness, layered views, windows of light, glimpses of new things, changing qualities and a sense of anticipation.

I love the processes involved with throwing on the wheel and I sense a strong connection between the way I wish to throw soft responsive clay, and the approach I take to drawing and painting. I try to work intuitively, endeavouring to make lively and spontaneous marks and gestures, attempting to be fluent and energetic, seeking some sort of meaning and coherence, trying to recognise the moment just before the work goes too far and loses its freshness.

 

Chinese art was founded on the very subtle differences one finds in the bamboo brush strokes of their calligraphy. He strove to discover the most meaningful limitation of the theme or moment and then worked to express himself within that limited convention and to discover the subtle threads within its form which echoed a fundamental human truth.
He graduated in China Central Academy of Fine Arts. Held exhibitions in Beijing, Shanghai, Germany, Russia, Saudi Arabia .

“I find that painting furnishes a spiritual outlet for me, and makes it possible to cope more calmly with the stresses of daily life.
I hope my work conveys a transcendent sense of peace, tranquillity, and serenity”.

More paintings to come and more info to follow soon.

 

Peter is a sculptor and public artist currently residing in Shrewsbury.He has produced a number of signifcant works around the UK, and is currently commissioned to produce three further monumental works referencing Dr Samual Johnson and Erasmus Darwin. He has exhibited extensively with his work described as “absorbing” and “powerful” and indeed tipped for “international significance”. Alongside his sculptural output he is currently structuring an arts foundation in Lichfield, Staffordshire, to support the growth of young artistic talent and to improve access to the arts in the area.

 

Stefan Anderson b. 1979 is a Swedish artist based in Gothenburg. Wheel thrown functional ware fired in wood, gas and electric kilns. Stoneware and porcelain. Raw glaze and sintre engobes.

This work is a selection from an installation titled Cups, 2009. Stefan experiments with various clay mixture, glazes and firing methods to create unique and functional ‘cups’. He draws inspiration from trips to Japan and the traditions of east asian ceramics. Each set of cups comes in a handmade wooden box to signify the importance of the cups inside.

Collections include: The Röhsska Museum of Design and Decorative Arts (Gothenburg, Sweden)

 

We have some fantastic new artists in the gallery this spring and some fantastic new work from regular artists…

So lets start with the new artists:
Phil Rodgers - ceramics, Peter Polaine - painter & printmaker, Emily Kriste-Wilcox - ceramics, Jan Brewerton - painter, Francois Dufayard - ceramics Barry Stedman ceramics, Stefan Andersson - ceramics and Sally Harris bronze.

New work from some of our favourites:
Jacqui Chapman - paintings, Ian Gregory -  salt glazed ceramics, Ostinelli & Priest - sculpture, Matthew Forster - watercolours, Carolyn Genders - ceramics.

Thelma Ayre is a former illustrator based in Ludlow, Shropshire. She is an Associated Freelance Artists (London), A Graduate of Fine Art (Drawing and Painting), Glasgow School of Art and post graduate Jordanhill College of Education. Art and Craft teacher in Scotland and Cheshire Secondary Schools. Now, Ayre is a full time painter and part time lecturer at Walford College.

Ayre’s work has evolved over the years towards a more abstract approach. Concerned largely with the landscape, and occasionally returning to narrative figurative subjects. Much influenced by her years in Scotland, the Scottish landscape, the “Colourists “, and the “light “.
Thelma has studied with David Donaldson (head of painting, Glasgow), James Robertson, Robin Child and Barbara Rae. Later influences include Keith Vaughan, Nicholas de Staël, Patrick Heron et al.

Ayre is a regular exhibitor, throughout the U.K, three prizewinning paintings of hers are in the permanent collection of the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum (Part of the Merseyside Tate Group). Other prizes were awarded at Glasgow School of Art & R.B.S.A Friends

 

Jan Brewerton studied an Art Foundation Diploma at the University of Wolverhampton, a B.A in Fine Art at Coventry University, and, after two years in Italy, completed a post-graduate award at Goldsmith’s College, London. Primarily a painter, she has recently returned to an early interest in printmaking. Her paintings, mainly in acrylic media, explore the relationship between colour and pattern, surface texture, and the painterly development of layers or veils of pure pigment.

Individual works begin as close studies of everyday domestic objects – vessels, artefacts, implements, textiles, fruit forms, and natural materials.  These motifs are transfigured through colour, and through multiple techniques of mark-making and collage within the internal architecture of the picture plane.  Her interest is primarily in the complex balance of figuration and abstraction achieved in the painted image. Many of her recent paintings and prints have their starting points in objects and images collected during travels, particularly in China and India.

After many years teaching in specialist art education, Jan now paints full-time in her Plymouth studio, living and working between Devon and Shropshire.

 

Peter was born in London and trained at Walthamstow School of Art for five years and as he says, “not realising at the time that he was attending one of the best in the country”.

He has exhibited in several London galleries including The Royal Academy and exhibits frequently in East Anglian galleries. In Germany he has a strong following of private collectors of his woodcuts.

His printmaking and painting currently run alongside each other and he is influenced by the German Expressionists, especially Die Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter groups.

Peter is a member of Sudbourne Park Printmakers, Ipswich Art Society, Colchester Art Society and the Essex Art Group.

 

Born in 1960, France

A diverse range of influences have informed the work of Françoise Dufayard. During the late 1970s Françoise studied ceramics at the Ateliers de Fontblanche in Vitrolles, then she travelled in Asia (1981-1982).
From 1983-1987 she worked for Gustave Tiffoche and Suzy Atkins.
Subsequently in 1988 she set up her studio at Rennes (Brittany) where she makes open platters, big vases, large dishes and witty teapots, using slipware techniques.

Françoise uses a red earthenware clay fired to1040C° in a 500 litre gas kiln. She has developed a very personal interpretation of terre vernissée, or slip ware, which creates a translucent quality that gives her decoration painterly qualities not often found in this medium. This can be attributed in part to her exploration of Eastern ceramics as found on visits to Nepal, India, Burma, Thailand, Japan, Korea, China, Uzbekistan and recently Tibet. Her evident brushstrokes can be read as personal reflections of this Eastern influence.
Francoise has exhibited widely in the UK, Europe and India. In 2006 she was awarded the Sotheby’s Prize at Potfest in the Park.

 

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