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Tel: +44 (0)1332 361553   Email:  

Current Work

My love of nature and the landscape have a strong influence on my work. I manipulate the basic shapes observed in nature in order to create hand built vessels and candle holders with a sculptural feel for display indoors or in the garden.

I also produce a small selection of domestic ware uniquely designed for specific uses.

Other Information:
Available for workshops in schools, community groups. One-off sessions or series of progressive workshops or courses. Please contact to discuss.

Technical Information

Electric kiln firings 1060 - 11260°c Combination of commercial and individually made glazes.

History

Qualifications
City of Cardiff College of Education 1972-1975.
Teacher training, gaining Certificate of Education.

Experience
I have been a practicing ceramicist since 1986. My work is mainly sculptural and for two years wildlife and the local countryside have been my inspiration.

Personal Work:
I will be taking my work in a new direction, to reflect my interest in endangered wildlife. I am exploring methods of printing on ceramics, with a particular interest in the potential of photo screen-printing.

Exhibitions

Ceramic pieces have been selected for exhibition in Kavelaer and Weeze (Germany) 1984, Holmfirth 1988 and Nottingham Castle Museum (open - 1990).
Wirksworth Festival (Bowlhill Trail) 2002 and 2003
Obsidian Art Gallery "Heaven and Earth Show" Jan - Feb 2004

Photographic images selected for the Kodak Slide exhibition 2002.
Derby Open Exhibition 2001
Bowlhill trail 2002 and 2003
Flying Goose Cafe Gallery Beeston 2003.
Obsidian Art Gallery "Heaven and Earth Show" Jan - Feb 2004

Teaching and Other Experience

Teaching:
Since 1990, I have been teaching pottery at Adult Education Centres in Derby. Courses run for 26 - 30 weeks, rounding off with an exhibition of Learner's work. To date these have taken place at the Derby Playhouse, DCA, Derby Museum and Art Gallery and the Central Library.

Workshops:
2000 - North Derbyshire Childcare Clubs Network. These one-off sessions, introduced simple mould making and working with clay to children aged 5-10 years. Every child completed work by the end of each session. I also led progressive workshops for family groups and an after school Club workshop in Matlock with Third Piper Community Arts Project, based in Chesterfield.
2001 - Derby Museum and Art Gallery - Community Arts based sculpture.
2002 and 2003 - Drop in ceramics workshops, Wirksworth Arts Festival.
July 2003 - Mixed craft workshops at Village Learning Store Derby.
Fabric painting, comic Strips and mosaics. Age group 1 year - 99 years.

Schools:
2002 - Arts Week with 6 Infant classes over a two day period atbDallimore Primary School. Theme Celebrations and fun and games.
2003 - 12 weeks Artist in residence facilitating junior children to develop their ideas and enabling them to create panels using a variety of media for their new library. Theme "Space fact and fantasy".

Voluntary:
Big Arts Week Bemrose Community School creating ceramic faces which later will be painted with photo sensitive emulsion and have photograms developed on their surface.
Interviewing and camera work with "Derby's Living Archive".
Involvement with this project has provided opportunities to leam new skills. Assisted at workshops led by Q Arts.
Painted West End Toy Library to look like a child's play house.
Future projects - Arts In the Peak - Ceramic showcase. Organising a weekend show and open studio trail, featuring studio ceramics of the region. Projected to take place September/October 2005.

Past Activities

1996 - Family Drop-in day, at Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Pop Art was the theme of the Gallery's exhibitions and related activities as Part of the City's Art Festival. Here the activity needed to be quick and an attractive result easily attainable. With these objectives in mind, I made a set of moulds. The participants pressed brightly coloured clay into the moulds, to create Pop Art jewellery.
1990 - Artist in School for the day. Pupils watched demonstrations of work in progress in the morning. In the afternoon groups created their own fantasy creatures.
1987 - 'Open for Action'. Two weeks of family workshops. Pottery, jewellery, printing and mixed media.
1982-85 - Teaching. Rhein Middle School (8-13 years), RAF Laarbruch, Germany. Creative Studies 3D and pottery. Organised and led lunchtime school pottery club and pottery evening classes for adults.
1979 - Set up and organised a children's Art Club at Shawbury, (4-16 year olds). A mix of whole group, family group and individual activities worked well.
1976 - 78 - Volunteer and supply teacher at The Andrew Humphrey Primary School Gutersloh, Germany. Led craft sessions at the Youth club on the RAF station.

Intermittently, I have worked on a voluntary basis in schools.

Other activities:
Courses IBT 2. City and Guilds 9231 part 1 (photography). Delivering Artform Development Sessions with Q Arts. Web writing course. Photo- screen printing.

Interests

Natural History, Field archery. Fencing, gardening, walking. Glass forming. Felt making.

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Contact Details

Studio Address: 32 Greenwich Drive, North Mackworth, Derby, UK, DE22 4AB.
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Telephone: +44 (0)1332 361553
Fax: +44 (0)1332 361553
Email:

Availability: Please phone to arrange a visit (I do not have a show room)

Directions: At the Markeaton traffic Island A38/A52. Take the A52 towards Ashboume. After a short distance on your left you will see a sign directing you to Mackworth Tertiary College, take this turn (Prince Charles Ave). At the first Island (Bames Green) turn left onto Brentford Drive. Continue to the end where it forms T- junction with Greenwich Drive North. Turn left. No 32 is almost immediately on your left hand side, set back from the road. Click opposite for detailed map.



Last Updated: 2011-06-14

Work styles:

Thrown
Stoneware
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Sculptural
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