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View Image Gallery Nic Collins(Full member)

Web: www.nic-collins.co.uk

Current Work

Wood fired stoneware, mostly one off pieces. New work includes large sculptural pieces fired using wet clay.

Technical Information

I am currently using a groundhog type of kiln, firing for around 80 hours to temperatures exceeding 1300 C.
Shino glazes and ash glazes used.

All work is made on a momentum kick wheel, built by myself. The work is then wood fired to temperatures in excess of 1300 Degrees.

Number 1 kiln built at Powdermills was of the Olsen fast fire design and soon replaced by a very large 500 cu. ft. Anagama type kiln. Products made included large garden pots and a range of domestic wares.

Use of local clays and firing techniques have resulted in more one-off pieces now being produced. Pots show a build up of ash glaze, wadding marks, scars and flame flashing.

After moving to new premises a smaller kiln has been built to develop my ideas further.

I like to achieve a build up of texture from the effects of the firing. Some pots returning to the fire up to seven times. There is also the exploration of different effects by using different clays and utilising various areas of the kiln.

History

1958 - Born in Leamington Spa
1983 - 1985 - Stratford College
1985 - 1987 - Derby Art School: HND Studio Ceramics
1987 - Workshop experience in Italy and Germany
1988 - 2000 - Powdermills Pottery, Postbridge, Dartmoor, Founder and owner
2000 - Personal workshop in Moretonhampstead, Devon

After completing An HND at Derby I worked in potteries in Germany and Italy, returning to set up home and workshop at Powdermills, the site of an old gunpowder mill, set in the heart of Dartmoor. I now live and work in Moretonhampstead on the edge of Dartmoor.

Membership:
Fellow, Member of the Craftsmen Potters Association
Full Member of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen

Recent Exhibitions

Amalgam Gallery, London
Harlequin Gallery, London
Galerie Besson, London
Ombersley Gallery, Kidderminster
Cothele Gallery, Cornwall (National Trust)
Roundhouse Gallery, Tudbury, Derby
Gnarly Dudes Exhibition, Devon (Dartmoor)
International Anagama Exhibition Munich

Awards

Winner of the "Art in Clay" Peers Award 1999, Hatfield
Best potter in show award Krefeld 2002
Awarded research grant from South West Arts 2002
Winner of the "Art in Clay" Peers Award 2004, Hatfield