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View Image Gallery Items for SaleUrsula Waechter(Full member)
Tel: +44(0)118 9712751 Email:
Current Work
The desire to make pots that will be used and a love for decoration has led me to work
within the Majolica tradition. The combination of the rich colour of the red
clay with the glossy whiteness of the tin glaze and the vibrancy of the fired
oxide mixtures provide a sustaining interest for me. Technical Information
Most of my pots are thrown on the wheel, some are press moulded. They are usually turned
to give a foot and visually lift them off the ground. They are biscuit fired to
1000 degrees c and covered with a tin-glaze by dipping. Background History
1957 Born in Vechta, North Germany 1979 -1981- Studied Three-Dimensional Design Ceramics (BA) at Bath Academy of Art in Corsham, Wiltshire 1980 Study visit to France looking at Fayence 1981 Study visit to China visiting Art and Craft Workshops 1981-1982 - Fellowship at Bath Academy of Art / Kiln Building 1982-1986 - Set up workshop in Bath 1985 Study visit to Italy looking at Majolica 1986 Study visit to Andalucia, Spain looking at Moorish Architecture and Ceramics 1987 Study visit to South Germany and Switzerland looking at trompe l’oeil paintings 1990 Participant in Experimental Painting Workshop with Meriel Hoare, Froyle 1990 Project of making a Replica 17th Century Lambeth Caudle Cup at Aldermaston Pottery 1991 Three month study visit to South India studying Indian Design and Workshop with Terracotta Potters in Anemala, Kerala/Kanataka Border, South India 1986-1991 - Team Member of Alan Caiger-Smith’s workshop at Aldermaston Pottery, Aldermaston, Berkshire 1991-1997 - Set up workshop in Bremen, Germany 1991-1992 - Guest Student at the Academy of Ancient Music, Bremen, Germany 1997 Three month study visit to Mexico and Guatemala looking at Mayan Art 1997 Returned to England 1999-2001 - Trained as Steiner Waldorf Teacher to teach Handwork 2001-2006 - Member of Aldermaston Potters at The Pottery Aldermaston 2007 - Set up own workshop in Aldermaston 2009 Three month study visit to Mali and Burkina Faso, West Africa, looking at textiles, pottery and other crafts 2009 Member of Hampshire and Berkshire Guild of Craftsmen
2011 Burkina Faso to visit International Arts and Crafts Fair (CIAO)
2012 Set Up Micro Credit Project in village in Burkina Faso
Exhibition History
1982 Participant in the Westerwald Preis, Hoehr-Grenzhausen, Germany 1991 Group Exhibition at the Newbury Arts Workshop 2001 to 2006 twice yearly shows in July and December at The Pottery Aldermaston 2006 West Berkshire Open Studios
2011 H & B Guild Exhibition at the Town Hall, Alresford |
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Contact DetailsStudio Address: Tile Cottage Workshop, The Street, Aldermaston, Reading, England, RG7 4LN.Telephone: +44(0)118 9712751 Email: Availability: Visitors are welcome at the workshop by appointment only. Please phone me at the above telephone number to arrange a visit. Joined on: 2008-06-18 Last Updated: 2013-04-02 Events featuring this potter
Open Studio - Catherine Villa : Ursula Waechter Open Studio in Newbury
Willis Museum, The : The Art of Making with ceramics from Ursula Waechter Work styles:
Maiolica |
