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View Image Gallery Laura Furlong(Full member)

Artist's Statement

I work exclusively with porcelain to create my thrown tableware. This luscious material helps me to achieve the soft, fluid qualities that I aspire to. I design my pots to be used, handled and enjoyed in the pleasurable experiences of eating and drinking. I aim to capture a sense of rhythm and energy in the finished work by leaving strong throwing rings which produces an undulating surface for tactile sensation when the object is in use. Inspiration is drawn from the soft lines, silhouettes and contours of the human body as well as shapes and forms in the natural world such as the internal spiral structure of a shell. The simplicity and aesthetic values of Japanese ceramics also inspire me. My aim is to keep the clay's soft, sensual qualities alive in the finished objects.

Work generally available from:
Start Contemporary Gallery, 8 Church Street Brighton. BN1 1US. Tel; 01273 233984.
European Makers Gallery, Spiegelgracht 2a 1017 JR Amsterdam T.+31 (0)20 6223088 F.+31 (0)20 3301588 www.europeanmakers.nl/

Technical Information

I use three glazes mixed by myself from raw materials. All work is reduction fired in a gas kiln to 1280°c

History

Education and Qualifications:
2000-2003: University of Westminster, Harrow Campus - B.A. Hons Ceramics

Career Outline:
September 2004 to Date - Teaching Beginners Ceramics at Brunel University Arts Centre
July 2003 - to Date Set up own studio at: Chess Castle, 112 Latimer Road, Chesham, Bucks. HP5 1QQ
Summer 2001 - Student helper at International Clay Festival, Aberystwyth.
Summer 2002 - Student Helper at Art in Clay, Hatfield, Part time assistant for Jane Hogben Terracotta, Student helper for Douglas Phillips' Pottery Summer School

Skills:
Kiln building, Computer literate in Windows 95, 98 and NT4, Lotus Notes, MSOutlook9, MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint.

Selected Exhibitions

2002 - Colour and Function, Goldfish Bowl, University of Westminster
June 2003 - Degree Show, University of Westminster
June 2003 - Earth and Fire, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire
August 2003 - Art in Clay, Hatfield House, Herts.
Jan - Feb 2004 - ‘Setting Out 2004', Selected Graduates Exhibition, Contemporary Ceramics Gallery, 7 Marshall St, London, Awarded bursary from The Craft Pottery Charitable Trust.
March 2004 - The Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair
1-4 July 2004 - "One Year On" at New Designers, Business Design Centre, London.
6-8 August 2004 - "Art in Clay", 10th National Pottery and Ceramics Festival, Hatfield House, Hertfordshire.
19-24 October 2004 - Chelsea Craft Fair, Chelsea Town Hall, London.

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Ceramics by Laura Furlong at Studiopottery.co.uk - home

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Ceramics by Laura Furlong at Studiopottery.co.uk - Tea bowls. Ceramics by Laura Furlong at Studiopottery.co.uk - Platter and tiny beakers.
Ceramics by Laura Furlong at Studiopottery.co.uk - Still life. Ceramics by Laura Furlong at Studiopottery.co.uk - Red Glaze.

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Availability: This profile is no longer being updated (2004). Please contact potters@studiopottery.co.uk if you wish to contact the artist.

Last Updated: 2007-09-19

Work styles:

Thrown
Porcelain
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