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View Image Gallery Claire Pearson(Full member)

Web: www.chow-bella.org.uk  

Current Work

wI am interested in duality and in the co-existence of extremes: calm/chaos, safety/fear, fragility/solidity.

Working with the vessel I use throwing/altering and slab building, as the two methods allow me to create opposing qualities in the work through the different surfaces achieved. I then join these elements but leave the seams deliberately exposed, so that they act both to fuse and separate the different elements in the work.

The painting and surfaces in my work are influenced by the natural, urban decay of London, such as peeling billboards and the gestural quality of graffitti. My work is also informed by the Abstract Expressionists Cy Twombly, Jackson Pollock and Peter Voulkos.

My aim is for the work to be both fragile and solid, active and contemplative: a harmonising of extremes.

Work generally available from:
Galerie zur Stellmacherei, Westerstede, Germany
Smart Gallery, Batley, West Yorkshire
www.art-file.co.uk

Technical Information

I use Potclays studio white earthenware and underglaze colours for decoration. The work is fired in a toploader to 1080 degrees.

History

wEducation:
HE Diploma Fine & Applied Arts: Ceramics (Distinction)City Lit/London Metropolitan University, 2001-3
BA Hons Humanities (2.i) University of Hertfordshire

Exhibitions

2004 - Artscreative gallery
2004 - Iliffe Yard Open Studios, London
2004 - Brockley Open Studios, London
2004 - Recent Graduates: New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
2003 - Torbay Visual Arts Festival
2003 - New Designers, London

Publications

Gallery section of Ceramic Review, July/August 2004

Profile Image

Ceramics by Claire Pearson at Studiopottery.co.uk - home

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Ceramics by Claire Pearson at Studiopottery.co.uk - Tall White & Blue Form - Double-necked vessel, Height: 58cm. Ceramics by Claire Pearson at Studiopottery.co.uk - Tall White & Green Form - Double-necked vessel, Height: 54cm.
Ceramics by Claire Pearson at Studiopottery.co.uk - TLarge Flat Form - Parapagus, Height: 23cm. Ceramics by Claire Pearson at Studiopottery.co.uk - Very Large Form - Argus I, Height: 60cm.

Contact Details

Studio Address: .

Web-site: www.chow-bella.org.uk

Availability: This profile is no longer being updated. Claire is not currently producing individual pieces, but does run a business providing personalised pot bowls and she can be contacted through their website.

Last Updated: 2007-09-17

Work styles:

Earthenware
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