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View Image Gallery Rowena Kinsman(Full member)

Tel: +44 (0)1749 840065   Email:  

Artist's Statement

My work is thrown with hand-modelled handles and then decorated using coloured slips. I enjoy the process of making pots and want this to be reflected in my work. The firing process and being involved in the process fascinate me. I feel that a sodium atmosphere reveals the textures and surfaces of the pot.

Current Work

Salt glazed tableware, washbasins, stools, tiled tables, birdbaths, fountains, wind sculptures, nesting boxes and tortoise houses.

Work generally available from:
One Craft Gallery, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5AA
The Arc Contemporary Crafts, Chester
Church House Designs, Congresbury, North Somerset
Gallerytop, Derbyshire 
On line Gallery, Southampton
303 Gallery, Martock, Somerset
The Somerset Guild, The Courthouse Gallery, Somerton

Technical Information

All my work is once fired. The salt is introduced dry using a compressor and spray gun around 1225ºC. The process takes about 2 hours.

History

Early retirement from the Health Service in 1990 enabled me to pursue a long-standing interest in pottery. I was fortunate in being able to do a postgraduate diploma at Goldsmith's college. 1990-1992. There, I had the opportunity to study with the full and part-time faculty, as well as take part in tutorials. Whilst at Goldsmith's I became involved in sodium vapour firing and graduated using this technique. I also had the opportunity to build a kiln.

In 1993 I built a workshop and kiln and began practising as a potter. Initially I worked with soda vapour but recently have begun firing with salt, which I think is more effective for my work. In 1999 I rebuilt my kiln. I make functional work that is can be used in the kitchen, bathroom and garden.

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Ceramics by Rowena Kinsman at Studiopottery.co.uk - Produced in 2008.

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Ceramics by Rowena Kinsman at Studiopottery.co.uk - Produced in 2005. Ceramics by Rowena Kinsman at Studiopottery.co.uk - Produced in 2005.
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Ceramics by Rowena Kinsman at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2009 Garden Sculpture, made with Fran Davies Ceramics by Rowena Kinsman at Studiopottery.co.uk - Produced in 2005.

Contact Details

Studio Address: Haydon, Withybrook, Stoke St Michael, Radstock, Somerset, UK, BA3 5JQ.
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Telephone: +44 (0)1749 840065
Email:

Availability: My studio is not generally open to the public but I will open to discuss orders or commissions.

Other information: I will give lectures and demonstrations in my field of competence. Occasionally I run workshops from home.



Last Updated: 2013-02-19

Work styles:

Stoneware
Thrown
Rawglazing
Salt
Sculptural
Kitchen & Tableware
Garden
Architectural
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