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View Image Gallery Leyla Folwell(Full member)

Email:   Web: www.leyla-folwell.co.uk  

Artist's Statement

Have you ever made anything that you love and you lost yourself doing it? When you think of that piece of work do you remember the time?... your emotions?.. the music you were listening too?

When I love another artists work these are the things I wonder about.

I am fascinated with the curiosity and attachment that the viewer feels for the creator of an object. When you buy a book or music that you are passionate about, you feel a bond with that person.


The time I spend making my work has become a cathartic and centring necessity. I use the making process as a personal and spiritual journey. There are moments when I am so absorbed and in tune with the clay that nothing else exists. It demands my concentration and control that can only be achieved through relaxation.

I love clay for its purity, which is grounding. Like fresh snow it provides a pure and natural canvas. It is strong yet vulnerable, soft yet responsive. I work with spontaneity and expression because to not be fully in control is freeing and mistakes are often discoveries.

Each piece is marked with a thought capturing whatever was happening at the time.

Current Work

Each piece of my work is a dissected section of a whole form. Once I have the initial, more traditional vessel on the wheel, I work in to the clay and add slips, as the piece is moving. Once the body is firm, I cut it in two with the wheel still in motion. I am currently using underglaze colours and oxides to enhance the already layered and worn surface. Once fired I continue to work back into the clay and usually fire several times.

Work generally available from:
- Please contact me directly

History

2011 Local Pottery Project Leader
2010-2008 Technical Demonstrator at Brighton University
2007 Product Advisor Potterycrafts, Battersea
2005 Artist in Residence King’s School, Worcester
2004 Part time teaching ceramics at Leicester College
2004 Supervising the ceramics workshop at Leicester College
2004 Teaching evening classes at Loughborough University
2003 BA(Hons) Ceramic Design, Loughborough University

Exhibitions

June 08 ‘Earth & Fire’, Rufford Country Park
April 08 ‘Ceramics in the Round’ Buxton
August 2007 'Rufford & Art' in Clay at Hatfield
July 2007 V & A for London Potters
June 2005 Earth & Fire, Rufford Craft Centre, with Melbourne Contemporary Arts
July 2005 Ceramics South East, Aylesford, Kent
Nov 2005 The 9th Southern Pottery Show, The Maltings, Farnham, Surrey
April 2005 'Potfest' Bristol, Easter Compton
Dec 2004 'Christmas Show' Longford, Eire
Oct 2004 'What's New' at Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
Sept 2004 'Blue Sky' at Melbourne Contemporary Arts
August 2004 Art in Clay, Hatfield House, Hatfield with Loughborough University
June 2004 Earth & Fire, Rufford Craft Centre with Melbourne Contemporary Arts
Jan 2004 City Open Exhibition, Leicester City Gallery
Sept 2003 Unsung Melbourne Contemporary Arts
Nov 2003 Stand at Maylords Shopping Centre, Hereford
Dec 2003 Stand at Maylords Shopping Centre, Hereford
June 2003 Earth & Fire, Rufford Craft Centre with Loughborough University

Publications

March 2005 Craftsman Magazine, 'Leyla Folwell at Art in clay'

Awards

2009 Craft & Design Magazine - Gold Award for Ceramics 
Judges Commendation London Potters Open 2006
2004 Art in Clay - Highly Commended

Profile Image

Ceramics by Leyla Folwell at Studiopottery.co.uk -

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Ceramics by Leyla Folwell at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2007. Given. Ceramics by Leyla Folwell at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2005. Earthenware spiky x2 - Two earthenware spiky forms. H27cm x W29cm.
Ceramics by Leyla Folwell at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2007. Group. Ceramics by Leyla Folwell at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2007. Detail.
Ceramics by Leyla Folwell at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2008. Ceramics by Leyla Folwell at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2005. Spiky boys x3 - Three wood fired spiky forms. H16 x W15cm.

Contact Details

Studio Address: Art In The Park, Chumleigh Gardens, Chumleigh Street, Burgess Park, London, England, SE5 0RJ.
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Mobile: +44 (0)7745 725750
Email:
Web-site: www.leyla-folwell.co.uk

Availability: Please call first as I am a busy bee :-)

Last Updated: 2011-09-22

Courses available:

Friday Drop-in - Adults & Children, all abilities
30th September 2011 to 20th December 2012

Work styles:

Earthenware
Unglazed
Sculptural
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