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View Image Gallery Melanie Hopwood(Full member)

Current Work

I am drawn to the innate, quiet beauty of everyday things and places. Some works are purely sculptural, others functional, all explore how we inhabit and relate to our space, our landscape. Textured boulders, spheres and hemispheres can be used as planters, thus, the original form can be developed or altered by the planting arrangement which offers further sculptural possibilities for each piece as a whole.

Work generally available from:
The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle upon Tyne
Great House Gallery, Yorkshire
The Courtyard Gallery, Malton, Yorkshire
Dial Gallery, Warkworth
Felton Gallery, Northumberland
Cornucopia Gallery, Hexham

Technical Information

Sculptural forms are slab-built from white stoneware clay, some colour is applied using a form of 'monoprinting'. Vessel forms are constructed from paperclay followed by application of oxides to enhance form and surface. Planters are formed from terracotta or stoneware clays, oxides or matt glazes are applied, followed by firing to vitrification to protect against frost damage.

History

Born 1972 - Stalybridge, Cheshire.
1991 - Foundation Art and Design - Tameside College of Technology, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Graduated 1995 - BA(Hons) Ceramics - Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent.

Residences
1995 - '96 Artist in Residence - Barnard Castle School, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham
1996 - '97 Artist in Residence - Uppingham School, Uppingham, Rutland
2000 - '01 Artist in Residence - Pangbourne College, Pangbourne, Berkshire

Exhibitions

1995-6 'Made in the Middle' - Craftspace Touring Exhibition - MAC Birmingham
1997 'Wave' - Solo Exhibition - Sunley Gallery, Uppingham, Rutland
2001 'Formation' - Solo Exhibition - Pangbourne College, Berkshire
2002 'Creation' - Group Exhibition - Cowley Road Studios, Oxford
2004 'View, Vista' - Landscape exhibition, Kaleyards Gallery, Chester
2004 'The Art Tour' - Open studios, Northumberland
2006 'Freshly Fired Biscuit' NPA at The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
2006 'Showcase' exhibition at Arts Council, North East

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Ceramics by Melanie Hopwood at Studiopottery.co.uk - home

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Ceramics by Melanie Hopwood at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2006. Green, pink and blue hemisphere planters. Glazed stoneware. Ceramics by Melanie Hopwood at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2006. Large and small blue hemisphere planters. Glazed stoneware.
Ceramics by Melanie Hopwood at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2006. Large crumpled vessel. Paperclay, stoneware, oxides. Ceramics by Melanie Hopwood at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2006. Three wave vessels. Paper-clay, satin glazed interior, oxides exterior.
Ceramics by Melanie Hopwood at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2006. Two dark crumpled vessels. Paperclay, stoneware, oxides.

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Availability: This profile is no longer being updated (2008) as melanie is taking a break for family reasons. In the next period she plans to change the direction of her work and hopes to be back on the website with some new and exciting work before too long. We look forward to welcoming her back when she is ready. Please contact potters@studiopottery.co.uk if you need to contact her in the meantime.

Last Updated: 2010-11-15

Work styles:

Terracotta
Stoneware
Sculptural
Garden
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