These are posts about pots and potters seen in England
Cars are not allowed to park on King's Parade in Cambridge after 9.30am so Primavera Gallery owner Jeremy Waller asks his artists to deliver their work before then. From London, that's difficult, but Jeremy kindly invited me to stay overnight with him and his wife Sheila at College Farm, near Ely. Knowing that their surrounding fields have become a sculpture garden and that they have…
For the last one hundred years BC's ceramics community has benefitted from the knowledge and skills that have been brought here by immigrants from around the world. The NorthWest Ceramics Foundations' latest speaker, Russell Hackney, is the third generation potter in his family to live and work in the five (arguably six) towns of Stoke-on-Trent. Born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, Russell Hackney comes from a long…
As I usually find when I visit the Contemporary Ceramics Centre, there are some outstanding pieces on display. After I'd taken a look at Martin Pearce's solo show I turned my attention to the shelves, each of which is devoted to one clay artist. Surely I thought, there are more potters elected to the privilege of having their work there than I was seeing. Sure…
When I made my way to Britain's Contemporary Ceramics Centre, so conveniently located right across Great Russel street from the British Museum, I found that the October featured artist was ceramic sculptor Martin Pearce. Biomorphic forms, built with earthenware coils and slabs filled the gallery space and the front window for his show "Allusive Forms". As Martin says "I am constantly…
Now that museums don't stop you from taking photos any more (without flash) my habit of trying to record inspirational pots is out of control! My friend Julia and I enjoyed lunch in the gift shop café at the Fitzwilliam Museum and then she followed me around the Ceramics rooms while I drooled over the collection. I've sneaked photos of some of these pots…