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View Image Gallery Alison Graham(Full member)

Tel: +44(0)7967 740 494   Email:   Web: www.aligrahamceramics.moonfruit.com  

Artists Statement

My work explores the creation of an illusion of depth and visual movement on the surface of porcelain artworks, through the intuitive, yet informed application of colour and glaze.
My work explores how colour and glaze can be manipulated and articulated to create the illusion of depth and spatial instability on fine sheets of porcelain paper clay.

My palette is inspired by the Lake District in Cumbria where I was born and raised, and incorporates subtle shades and saturated hues of blue-green and reddish brown terracotta. These colours are painted adjacent and on top of one another in carefully arranged compositions to create contrast, harmony and visual flux; an aesthetic experience reminiscent of this complex, beautiful landscape.

The printing method I have adopted allows me to work from within the image, building up fine layers of semi-transparent and opaque colour which when printed reveal subtle nuances and effects hidden from me during the making process. My work is all hand-painted, thus each piece is unique with a delicate ephemeral quality.

Current Work Available from:

Highhead Sculpture Valley, Ivegill, Carlise,Cumbria
‘Oriel Makers Gallery’, Pen y Lan, Cardiff, Wales
‘The Mick Oxley Gallery’, Craster, Northumberland
The Jane Adams Gallery, St Just, Cornwall
'The Crown Gallery' Lonsdale Street, Carlisle

Alison plans to have work available FOR SALE from her website from around the end of 2011.

Technical Information

My work is made with Royale Porcelain from Valentine Clays Ltd, which is slaked into a slip and combined with paper pulp, and is coloured with terracotta and porcelain slips blended with blue-green stain. Alkaline frit solution and manganese dioxide are also used to enhance surface subtleties and nuances.
The work is fired to 1260ºC in an oxidation atmosphere. My work is predominately wall-based.

Background History

Education/ Qualifications:
2006 – 2010: University of Wales Institute Cardiff, Howard Gardens Campus, Cardiff
PhD Ceramics (current)

2004 – 2005: University of Wales Institute Cardiff, Howard Gardens Campus, Cardiff
MA Ceramics (Distinction part 2)

2000 – 2003: Cumbria Institute of the Arts, Brampton Road, Carlisle, Cumbria
BA (Hon) Contemporary Applied Arts.  1:1

1998 – 1999: Cumbria Institute of the Arts, Brampton Road, Carlisle, Cumbria
BTEC Diploma: Art and Design

Awards:
2006-09: AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council) Doctoral Award Scheme
2008: Wales Arts International Bursary to participate in ‘The XXXII International Ceramic Symposium "Porcelain Another Way"’ symposium in Poland, Arts Council of Wales, Cardiff
2008: ‘Research Student Poster Competition’ (Second Prize), WIRIAD, U.W.I.C. Cardiff
2004-05: AHRB (Arts and Humanities Research Board) Professional Preparation Master’s Scheme Award

Professional Experience:
2008: ‘Porcelain Another Way’, The XXXII International Ceramics Symposium, Walbrzych, Poland
2002: International work experience in Seville, Spain.  Working alongside traditional ceramic artists.  Leonardo Da Vinci, ONECO Global Training Programme.

Teaching/Technical Experience:
2010: Invited speaker 'Research posters in Art & Design', Research Skills symposium, Birmingham City University
2009: Invited speaker 'Colour in ceramics', The Colour Group Great Britain, City University, London
Sept 09 – current: Tutor in Ceramics, OCN Accredited course in Pottery Level 1, Llanover Hall Arts Centre, Cardiff.
Sept 06 – June 09: Tutor in Ceramics, Mixed ability workshop, Llanover Hall Arts, Current  Centre, Cardiff.
Sept 06 – June 07: Tutor in Ceramics, Adult night-class, Whitchurch High School, Cardiff
April 06 – Sept 06: Ceramic Technician, Llanover Hall Arts Centre, Cardiff.
Sept 05 – Sept 06: Art Technician, Llanedeyrn High School, Cardiff.

Exhibition History

Selected Exhibitions:
2010: 'Metamorphosis' (solo show), Leeds College of Art, Blenheim Walk, Leeds
2010: 'Porcelain paintings' (solo show), Tea and Cake, Wellfield Road, Cardiff
2010: ‘Selected exhibition at Rufford Craft Centre’ Northern Potters Exhibition, Rufford Craft Centre, Rufford Abbey Country Park, Nr. Ollerton, Newark, Nottinghamshire
2009:    ‘Playing with fire’, Oriel Makers Gallery, Cardiff
2009:    ‘Porcelain Another Way’, Municipal Museum of Wroclaw, Poland
2009:    ‘MA Ceramics: 25 years’, Howard Gardens Gallery, U.W.I.C. Cardiff
2008:    ‘Beyond the Surface’, (Solo show) Oriel Makers Gallery, Cardiff
2008:    ‘Porcelain Another Way’, Walbrzych Museum of Art and Design, Poland
2008:    ‘Searching Beyond…’, WIRIAD exhibition, Howard Gardens Gallery, U.W.I.C. Cardiff
2008:    ‘Earth and Fire’, Rufford Craft Centre, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire
2008:    ‘Local Ladies’, Percy House Gallery, Cockermouth, Cumbria
2008:    ‘Designer Crafts 2008’, Mall Galleries, London
2007:    ‘Ceramic Futures’, Draw International, Caylus, France
2007:    ‘The Continuous Thread’, Culross Gallery, Culross, Scotland
2007:     ‘Designer Crafts 2007’, Mall Galleries, London
2006-07:    ‘Alison Graham Ceramics’, Merienda Coffee Shop, Cockermouth, Cumbria
2006:    ‘British Crafts’, Chiswick Town Hall, London
2006:    ‘Designer Crafts @ Chelsea’, Chelsea Town Hall, London
2006:    ‘Freshly Fired Biscuit’, Northern Potters Exhibition, The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle.
2006:    ‘Designer Crafts 2006’, Society of Designer Craftsmen, Mall Galleries, London
2005:    ‘Northern Fire’ Northern Potters Exhibition, OXO Tower, Southbank, London

Other Exhibitions:
2008    ‘Potfest in the Pens’, Penrith, Cumbria
2007:    ‘Potfest in the Pens’, Penrith, Cumbria
2007:    ‘Potfest Scotland’, Perth, Scotland
2006:    ‘Potfest in the Pens’, Penrith, Cumbria
2006:    ‘Potfest in the Peak’, Bakewell, Derbyshire
2005:    ‘MA exhibition’, U.W.I.C. Howard Gardens Campus, Cardiff

Teaching/Technical Experience

2010: Invited speaker and workshop leader 'Exploring the Surface' (Wandsculptuur in Papierporselein) at De Koploper, Harelbeke, Belgium (October).

Sept 2010 - current: Tutor in ceramics, OCN Accreditted course in Pottery Level 2, Llanover Hall Arts Centre, Cardiff.

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Ceramics by Alison Graham at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2010. Rufford submission, _Ripple_, adjusted curves. Description: 2mm thick porcelain panels with stained slips and frit solution, measuring 15cm wide by 21cm high Ceramics by Alison Graham at Studiopottery.co.uk - _Palette 1d_(detail) - 2005 - 30x40cm.
Ceramics by Alison Graham at Studiopottery.co.uk - Metamorphosis 6. 2010. Ceramics by Alison Graham at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2008.
Ceramics by Alison Graham at Studiopottery.co.uk - Metamorphosis 3. 2010. Ceramics by Alison Graham at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2008.

Contact Details

Studio Address: 175 Northcote Street Road, (Rear of City Road), Roath, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, CF24 3JB.
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Telephone: +44(0)7967 740 494
Email:
Web-site: www.aligrahamceramics.moonfruit.com


Joined on: 2008-05-27
Last Updated: 2011-10-19

Work styles:

Porcelain
Paper Clay
Sgraffito
Rawglazing
Painterly
Landscape
Oxidation
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