tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73531597678439300012024-03-05T03:18:03.668-08:00Bevere Art Gallery -Ceramics- PaintingsA Diary of events in day to day life of our Art GalleryHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14990322737459877727noreply@blogger.comBlogger284125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353159767843930001.post-20977081877177869532020-09-12T06:33:00.006-07:002020-09-12T07:26:53.246-07:00Whats on in the Gallery September 2020<p> </p><table bgcolor="#EEEEEE" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="shell_panel-row" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #eeeeee; border-collapse: collapse; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; table-layout: fixed; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; width: 100%; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="shell_panel-cell" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="shell_width-row scale" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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font-size: 21px; font-weight: bold;">Grainne Watts</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #606d78; display: block; font-family: "helvetica", "arial", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; 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She has an established reputation in Ireland where she lives and works. Her vessels are stunningly original; few would fail to be bowled over by the beauty and elegance of every one of her fine pieces.</span><br /></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><br /></p><p align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">In recent years, her work has developed into specific themes that explore and expand through limited edition series. There are unifying sources of inspiration that run through each body of work. Many of these influences relate to colour, pattern and the visual and tactile marks evident in nature. She<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #181717; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">works with porcelain and stoneware clays and uses layers of vibrant under-glazes and slips to create interesting surface detail.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/5e639c3b001/47d783ab-8fd0-4ae8-976e-8ef29a54de33.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="1200" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #606d78; display: block; font-family: "helvetica", "arial", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #181717; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Her ceramics are admired for the self-evident skills which she has and the immaculate quality of her decoration. Colour makes an impact of course, but the use of unusual colour contrast makes it special.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/5e639c3b001/f11fdc66-be3c-45c0-8841-886c70f27a5d.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="1200" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #606d78; display: block; font-family: "helvetica", "arial", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">She graduated from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin in 1982. She subsequently undertook an apprenticeship with Geoffrey Healy Pottery in Wicklow. She continues to live and work in County Wicklow. It is perhaps a mark of her excellence that in most years she receives awards - one recently from California.</span><span style="color: #606d78;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #606d78; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="color: #606d78;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #181717; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">She has exhibited widely across Europe and her pieces are to be found in collections worldwide. It is a great privilege to be able to feature her at Bevere Gallery for the first time.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/5e639c3b001/5694a907-2bce-4b3c-93ad-28b19c8713f3.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="1200" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">August brings a high summer treat with the work of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;">Akiko Hirai</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">. Undoubtedly Akiko's work exudes her Japanese heritage, however we know from the considerable sales of her work over past years, that it is the bringing together of tradition with a contemporary perspective that is so appealing. Her work is distinctly Hirai and immediately recognisable. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Born and educated in Japan, Akiko came to England in 2000 to undertake a BA (Hons) in Ceramics at Harrow and in her third year transferred to Central Saint Martins where she completed a BA(Hons ) in Ceramic Design in 2003. She joined The Chocolate Factory Studio on leaving college and up until 2015 she has been a Lecturer / Ceramic Technician and Head of Ceramics at Kensington and Chelsea College. Importantly for UK ceramic enthusiasts she chose to live and work in the UK.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">What a pleasure to be able to announce that we can see our gallery visitors in person again. There has been a restructuring of the Gallery to accommodate the Covid - 19 regulations, including the conversion of the cafe area into an Original Prints gallery representing over thirty artists. Incidentally, it is still possible to purchase drinks and cakes to take away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The Ceramics Gallery now displays work by over seventy makers and the layout includes additional box units, replacing some of the plinths which occupied too much space and limited our commitment to diversity. I am delighted with the outcome as the units frame so many splendid pieces of contemporary ceramics and allow for their individual voice to be expressed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Inevitably, we have had to review the Featured Maker Programme for this year and for the upcoming three months we are delighted to welcome three fine ceramicists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">In July,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;"> Sutton Taylor </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">will be showing his latest work. An established and respected maker with considerable decorating skills, we know that his fine pieces will be much admired. For me it is the subtlety and colour combination of his glazing that is particularly attractive and needless to say each pot has considerable presence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">August brings a high summer treat with the work of </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Akiko Hirai</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">. Undoubtedly Akiko's work exudes her Japanese heritage, however we know from the considerable sales of her work over past years, that it is the bringing together of tradition with the contemporary perspective that is so appealing. Her work is distinctly Hirai and immediately recognisable. It is a joy to have her back at Bevere again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Sutton and Akiko have shown here before but our featured maker in September will be here for the first time. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Grainne Watts</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> lives and works in Co. Tipperary. I first saw her work at Ceramic Art London and was immediately struck by the vivid colouring of her finely crafted vessels and meticulous detailing. Again, we have a maker with such a distinct voice that, once seen, will always be remembered. Her work will add something special and we are privileged to be showing her exquisite work at Bevere .</span></div>
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Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14990322737459877727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353159767843930001.post-80625211457283917612020-03-16T02:46:00.001-07:002020-03-16T02:46:53.576-07:00THE MAKER'S LUNCH MARCH 2020 RUTH GIBSON<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Last
month I welcomed a maker new to Bevere Gallery - Sharon Griffin - and this
month we are delighted to have yet another fine maker who is new to this
Gallery –<b> Ruth Gibson</b>, who we were pleased to invite to join us for our
Makers Lunch. Her impressively constructed and decorated work undoubtedly helps
to maintain Bevere's reputation for diversity, originality and quality </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ruth
is an experienced and skilled maker in porcelain, <span style="color: #4a4a4a;">combining
a love of photography, printmaking and ceramics, to evoke a sense of place; in
particular the Shropshire landscape, Welsh coast and mountains.</span> She
certainly does just that and her imagery and the overall design of her work is
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first saw her pieces at the Oxford Ceramic Fair last year and her distinctive
black on white decoration immediately drew me in. Once again, we are seeing the
two major elements in art and craft – undoubted quality and skill combined with
an original voice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ruth
gave many insights during the two hours spent talking with her about the way
her creativity has developed over her years as an artist maker and the constant
desire to take her work forward. Apart from the work on display in the Gallery,
Ruth also produces large outdoor pieces<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Clearly,
her black on white – often porcelain produces striking<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- indeed memorable – pieces. Her
description of the way in which screen printing – one her major techniques –
has to be approached to avoid spoilt outcomes made it clear that printing was
no straightforward decorative choice.</span></div>
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became increasingly evident during our time with her that her creative energy
demanded the range of skills which she has in photography printmaking and
working with clay in different modes.</span></div>
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significant number of her pieces are mounted and everyone acknowledged that her
landscapes particularly involving winter trees, which she loves and swooping
murmurations of birds benefited from the perspectives gained from wall hanging.
Having said that her bowls and platters demanded to be picked up and studied at
length.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Whilst
black and white dominates it also emerged that Ruth has a strong desire to use
colour – albeit sensitively to enhance her imagery. Whatever direction her work
takes, we were left in no doubt that the distinctive Ruth Gibson voice will
remain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Thank
you Ruth for a stimulating and enjoyable event.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">After
our traditional opening of the year with the Annual Graduate Show<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- which was very well received – it is
now time to start the featured maker calendar for 2020.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I am
delighted that we have<b> Sharon Griffin </b>opening the programme. She<b> i</b>s
one of a number of first time makers joining us at Bevere during this year. She
is a skilled sculptural ceramicist primarily of the human form. She
particularly seeks an underlying narrative so that one or more aspects of our
lives will be evident in this remarkable work. We are also very pleased that
she will be joining us for a Maker's Lunch when we can explore her inspiration
and making processes. We have been particularly impressed with her distinctive
approach and the quality of her work. Looking forward to seeing her exceptional
pieces in the gallery.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Debbie
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black and white pieces at Bevere before. She has been developing her work over
the last year and we look forward to seeing the direction she is taking,
however, we know that Debbie's recognisable voice will be sustained. We are
particularly pleased that we will be setting her work alongside Sharon's
sculpture – the contrast will lift the spirits I am sure.</span></div>
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Graduate Show dominated the main Gallery space during January and now we will
be reintroducing the wide range of ceramicists that we show here at Bevere.
There will always be something new for you to see here.</span></div>
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The Featured Maker programme this month involves a long standing friend of Bevere, who has exhibited here since winning the Bevere Graduate Show some years ago now and a new comer to Bevere, who has already made an impact on the ceramic sector with original work beautifully and imaginatively decorated.</div>
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Ruth Gibson is the maker new to Bevere. She is an experienced and skilled maker in porcelain, combining a love of photography, printmaking and ceramics, to evoke a sense of place; in particular the Shropshire landscape, Welsh coast and mountains. She certainly does just that and her imagery and the overall design of her work is striking.</div>
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I first saw her pieces at the Oxford Ceramic Fair last year and her distinctive black on white decoration immediately drew me in. Once again, we are seeing the two major elements in art and craft – undoubted quality and skill combined with an original voice – establishing a maker as one to watch and in our case one to Feature at Bevere. She also talks articulately about her creativity and she will be featuring in our Makers Lunch on 14 March<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Christopher Taylor is an old friend of Bevere Gallery and we delighted to be featuring his work here again. The combination of traditional and contemporary decorative technique has always been a feature of his work and it will be interesting to see whether this remains a key element of his decoration. He has been working on developing his decorative style and we anticipate seeing some exciting new pieces.</div>
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Christopher was another successful Graduate Show exhibitor and we know from that time he has always had an impact on our visitors. The design and shaping of his pieces has always been interesting and his unusual colour combinations and patterning make his work immediately identifiable and has clearly contributed to the selling of his fine work.</div>
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Saturday 2 May - Wendy Lawrence</div>
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Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14990322737459877727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353159767843930001.post-74092736056483462592020-02-09T06:25:00.002-08:002020-02-11T06:48:23.634-08:00BEVERE GALLERY MAKER'S LUNCH FEBRUARY 2020 SHARON GRIFFIN<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">This
was the first of our Makers Lunches in 2020. I was delighted that <b>Sharon
Griffin </b>agreed to open this year's programme. She<b> i</b>s one of a number
of makers showing at Bevere this year. </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I was
immediately taken with her work when I saw it for the first time at Oxford
Ceramic Fair in 2019. Self-evidently she is a skilled sculptural ceramicist,
primarily of the human form. She particularly seeks an underlying narrative so
that one or more aspects of our lives will be evident in this remarkable work.
I have already discovered that the more time I spend with Sharon's work the
more I see in every piece. Like all work of this kind it benefits from simply
looking. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sharon
has a background in fine art and for a number of years she painted
prolifically. She brought along prints and books which illustrated her
considerable talent … although she now focuses exclusively on her ceramic
sculpture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Early
on during our time together, she gave a frank and open insight into her
extraordinary early life involving considerable family trauma. We were all left
with admiration at the way her innate talent had broken through and her
artistic ambition had overcome many personal difficulties.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Clay
is her canvas now and interestingly there is a sense with most of her work that
she is sketching in clay – this is why looking closely at individual pieces is
so revealing. She is currently thinking about making larger work and also
working in bronze – a material which she admires. She spent time discussing her
approach to clay and the use of different clays for her pieces including
porcelain, which is of course not easy to work with although the outcome is
stunning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sharon
has lived in Telford all her life and she is clearly influenced by the
communities that surround her, whether they be rural or industrial particularly
the heritage of places like Ironbridge. Sharon is highly sensitive to her
environment and is a close observer of people. All of this and her life to date
have contributed significantly to her inspirational work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">This
was a most enjoyable two hours with Sharon and we are particularly grateful
that she gave up part of her Birthday to be with us. </span></div>
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{page:Section1;}</style>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14990322737459877727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353159767843930001.post-66550879639038184422019-11-28T06:45:00.002-08:002020-01-21T03:38:28.559-08:00Featured Maker's Program 2020<br />
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MAKER PROGRAMME 2020</span></b></div>
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have had another stimulating few months putting together our programme of
featured makers for 2020, including the Maker's Lunches which, hopefully, will
be held each month throughout the year.</span></div>
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January to 5 February</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">13<sup>th</sup>
Annual Graduate Show</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">This
will be another great start to the Gallery calendar. A separate Journal entry
sets out the detail and the participants who will provide us with a diverse
range of new work. </span></div>
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February to 4 March</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Debbie Barber and Sharon
Griffin </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Debbie
Barber</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> has shown her fine raku black and white pieces at Bevere before. She
has been developing her work over the last year and we look forward to seeing
the direction she is taking, however, we know that Debbie's recognisable voice
will be sustained.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sharon
Griffin</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> is one of a number of new makers joining us in 2020. She is a skilled
sculptural ceramicist primarily of the human form. She particularly seeks an
underlying narrative so that one or more aspects of our lives will be evident
in this remarkable work. We are also very leased that she will be joining us
for a Maker's Lunch when we can explore her inspiration and making processes
with her.</span></div>
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March to 1 April</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ruth
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ruth
Gibson </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">is another new face at the Gallery. She is an experienced and skilled
maker in porcelain, <span style="color: #4a4a4a;">combining a love of
photography, printmaking and ceramics, to evoke a sense of place; in particular
the Shropshire landscape and the Welsh coast and mountains.</span> She
certainly does just that and her imagery and the overall quality of her work is
striking. <b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Her Maker's Lunch
will certainly be one not to miss.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Christopher
Taylor </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">is an old friend of Bevere Gallery and we delighted to be showing his
distinctive work here again. He too has been working on developing hid
decorative style and we anticipate seeing some exciting new pieces. The
combination of traditional and contemporary decorative technique has always
been a feature of his work and it will be interesting to see whether this
remains a key element of his decoration.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Maker's
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April to 28 April</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Chris
Carter, Annabel Faraday and Robin Welch</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Chris
Carter </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">is amongst those we call <i>Master Potters</i> and we are proud to
have shown his work here over a number of years. Whilst his work changes
direction as he works on new ideas, the quality of his making and the elegance
of his design remain a constant, as does his reference to past cultures and his
interpretation through a contemporary perspective.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Annabel
Faraday</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> has not featured here for some time, although she has shown here at
Bevere on a number of occasions, including commissioned pieces depicting
Worcester from unusual perspectives. <span style="color: black;">Her main body of
work involves a process of printing onto both sides of raw clay slabs that have
been coloured with stained slips. The vessels are illustrated with her own
(sometimes digitally altered) photographs and often with maps indicating the
source of the photos. Her work always fascinates.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Robin Welch</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> has not been well however,
as with so many long established makers, his creative drive remains. We are
delighted and privileged to have his abstract decorated vessels with us again;
we know that this has taken no small effort on his part which makes this
feature even more special. We are sure that there will be many ceramic
enthusiasts who will look forward to seeing his work with anticipation.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Wendy Lawrence, Guy Routledge and Sutton Taylor </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Wendy Lawrence </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">was shown at
Bevere for the first time in 2019. As we write, her fine pieces can be seen in
the Gallery courtyard. Her sculptural work and innovative decorative techniques
provide attractive features for inside the house and th</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">e
garden. The inspiration for her work comes from natural form and texture
together with architecture and antiquity. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Guy
Routledge </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">has shown his sculptural ceramics twice in recent
years and it is good to have him with us again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guy's sculptures are distinctly his voice with a strong
contemporary feel. There are modernist influences, which impact on the shaping
of his pieces reinforced by the simple highlighting of features and plain
presentation. Always guaranteed to make you stop, look and smile. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sutton
Taylor </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">is another eminent long established maker whose work has been at
Bevere before and always much admired. <span style="color: #231f20;">His
reputation grew as his making developed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His skill as a potter is widely acknowledge both in the throwing and
decoration of his vessels. He has pieces in many permanent collections,
including the Victoria & Albert Museum. </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">4 July to 28 July</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Akiko Hirai, Ostinelli and Priest</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Akiko Hirai </span></b><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">is one of makers whose
appearance at Bevere always makes an impact. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">She bases
her designs on the Japanese aesthetics of relativity, the beauty of
imperfection, irregularity, spontaneity, and impurity. Every piece begs to be
held in the hand and for the sheer beauty of the design and decoration to be
absorbed, Great to have her here again</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ostinelli and Priest </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">have
always thought of their work as a cross-over. On the one hand is sculpture,
with pieces created in clay and fired, and on the other is painting where the
colour is applied. Bringing both of these elements together builds the
character and individuality of each piece. The working partnership<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>flourishes and develops simply due to
the balance of understanding between the two artists. This in turn enables them
to continue to create work that pleases and inspires. We look forward to seeing
the latest extraordinary sculptures and talking with them about their
inspiration when they join us for the Maker's Lunch.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Maker's Lunch: 4 July – Ostinelli and Priest</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">John Wheeldon, James Oughtibridge</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">John Wheeldon </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">has not shown his
work at Bevere for some time. He is a long established maker with a reputation
for high quality and an apparently indefatigable creative curiosity. His
decoration is skilfully and imaginatively applied and changes as his
exploration of making possibilities is taken forward. He was pleased to accept
our invitation to join us for a Maker's Lunch and we know that it will be a
revelatory couple of hours when we learn more about his creative drive.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">James Oughtibridge </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">has also not been
at Bevere for a number of years. Every time we see his work the elegance of his
sculptural pieces and their presence whether they be large or small is very
striking. An individual voice that has matured into work of artistic
significance now produces pieces which make an immediate impact on the viewer.
He constructs curved sections of clay with numerous planes and perspectives,
inviting the viewer to peer inside to a world of contorted shadows. A world
that is always worth exploring!</span><b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Maker's Lunch: 1 August – John Wheeldon</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Grainne Watts, Mark Smith</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Grainne Watts </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">is new to Bevere,
She has an established reputation in Ireland where she lives and works. Her
work is stunning and original and few would fail to be bowled over by the
beauty and elegance of every one of her fine pieces. In recent years, her work
has developed into specific themes that explore and expand through limited
edition series. There are unifying sources of inspiration that run through each
body of work. Many of these influences relate to colour, pattern and the visual
and tactile marks evident in nature. She </span><span style="color: #181717; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">works with
porcelain and stoneware clays and uses layers of vibrant under-glazes and slips
to create interesting surface detail.</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Mark Smith </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">is a Bevere
favourite who has shown often at Bevere and his work has always sold very well.
It is his use of mixed media and distinctive making often with a quirky twist
that appeals. Each piece of Mark's work draws inspiration from the sea, and
each has it's own unique appearance and story to tell. Objects found on travels
or by shoreline often become part of the work. Mark uses a variety of
techniques to achieve the finished look of a piece, focusing mainly on decay
and repair. The work is constantly changing due to the materials found, each
piece can never be replicated.</span><b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Matthew Blakely, Tony and Jack Laverick</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Matthew Blakely</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> is an
exceptional maker with an unusual approach to his craft. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">In
recent times he has been making pots from materials gathered from different
areas of the country. As he sees it, of all the arts, ceramics is the most
fundamentally linked to the physical make up of the planet and best illustrates
the link between science and art. Pots represent our relationship with and
dependency on the planet, making things for human use from the dug earth
beneath our feet. It is fascinating to see how the use of different materials
produces such varied effects. Great to be able to see his work at Bevere again.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tony Laverick </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">has
exhibited at Bevere before and it is always a privilege to show his<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>exquisite vessels which
have changed and developed over the years, but retain the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>distinct Laverick voice.
His</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> work
draws on various sources and cultures, and he <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is
always evolving his own original vision, which is a juxtaposition of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>controlled, linear
designs with areas of loose, painterly decoration. He uses<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the surface of the
pot as a painter uses a canvas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">His
son <b>Jack Laverick</b> studied at Leek College of Art. He has been working
for some time in porcelain and his portfolio now consists of slip cast
porcelain lighting with smaller items such as tea lights and planters. He uses
the translucency<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of porcelain for
his lighting which has, in the main, industrial themes. It is great to have
Tony and jack exhibiting here together.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">31 October to 5 January (2021)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Yo Thom; Richard Heeley: Lara Scobie</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Yo Thom </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">has been a friend of Bevere Gallery for a number
of years and the last time she was here, she joined us for a memorable Maker's
Lunch when she gave a very open and frank account of her making career and her
creative drive. Yo makes thrown and hand-built functional stoneware with
influence from the traditions of both British and Japanese pottery and food
culture. She aims to create tableware, which will become “clothes for food” as
Rosanjin, a famous Japanese potter and restaurateur once said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yo’s pots perform their function as
tableware in harmony with the food whilst retaining their strong personality. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Richard Heeley </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">is another friend of Bevere who has shown
here for a number of years<b>. </b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">He practices free flowing brushwork and spends long hours repeating his
designs to gain a fluid feel and simplicity that matches the thrown clay and
fits as part of the pot, working in harmony with the form. His work is
Influenced by a deep appreciation of Korean 16th century ware from the Chosôn
dynasty.</span><b> </b>We are pleased that he is joining us for what will be a
fascinating Maker's Lunch.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lara Scobie </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">is a highly skilled ceramic designer and
decorator whose work will be familiar to regular Bevere visitors. It will be
twelve months since she last featured here and we know that many will delight
in the use of colour and the precision of her decoration. The theme of balance
is a constant, significantly underlining her current work in which ideas of
dynamic interplay between form and surface develop. By integrating drawing, surface
mark making and volume she plays with the balance of space and pattern
alongside hue and texture on both the decorated and void surface areas. Her
work is a delight to eye and hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Once again we have had the
pleasure of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a most informative and
enjoyable two hours over lunch with Sasha Wardell. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">We
have had the pleasure of showing Sasha's work here over a number of years and
there is no doubt that the skill and elegance demonstrated by her work adds so
much to the pleasure of our visitors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sasha'<b>s
</b><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">hallmark style, a
distinctive combination of pure white slip cast bone china, treated with unique
decorating techniques and finished in a carefully chosen palette of muted,
subtle colours, has made her work highly sought after by private collectors,
museums and contemporary art galleries worldwide.</span><b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Once
again, we see very clearly demonstrated by her individual pieces<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>an issue we have discussed many times
during these events which is 'presence' – the ability of an individual piece to
communicate with the viewer – indeed to make an impact. I admire Sasha's work
on a number of levels – her skill and precision, the elegance and at times understatement
- perhaps subtlety of design would be more appropriate – of each vessel and her
choice and combination of colour. You want to look – you want to pick them up
and feel that texture and shape of this fine work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">She
was very open about the way she works and over time how much of the apparent
precision was now almost intuitive which says much about her eye for detail and
her innate making skills. It was also evident that her early years in
industrial ceramics – both in her training and a number of attachments to major
makers including Limoges plays a considerable part in her technical prowess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Bone
china was her choice of material early on in her career and given the
translucency of so much of her work and the response to light and shade it is
not difficult to see why. She responded to a range of questions about her
making processes which fascinated everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">As
always, it is difficult to summarise such an extended conversation. It was
interesting to hear about her divided time between England and France where she
also has a studio and the time that she devotes to teaching, which has been a
major aspect of her career to date. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Surprisingly,
Sasha had only returned from Vancouver two days before the lunch and it was
interesting to here of her experience running workshops<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and teaching in Western Canada. We have
to be most grateful for her added effort in travelling up from Wiltshire for
this event – she certainly deserves a few rest days!!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;">THE CURATOR'S VIEW</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;">NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">It is remarkable how quickly our exhibition year goes by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, we always try to ensure that our end of year programme is a stimulating and enjoyable event,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>fitting for the Season and a pleasure for all our many visitors. All of our five makers have shown at Bevere a number of times before and it is a delight to have them with us again.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "calibri";">Sasha Wardell</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Sasha's <span style="color: #444444;">hallmark style, a distinctive combination of pure white slip cast bone china, treated with unique decorating techniques and finished in a carefully chosen palette of muted, subtle colours, has made her work highly sought after by private collectors, museums and contemporary art galleries worldwide.</span> </span></div>
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<b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "calibri";">Cristy Keeney<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">In the early 1980s, when he was at College, Christy visited a retrospective exhibition of Picasso at the Tate gallery and many of his influences derived from seeing that work – especially a collection of small card-board cut-out and folded, figurative sculptures. These simple two dimensional pieces opened a world of possibilities on how he would approach his own work. We always have examples of his fine work in the Gallery, nevertheless we always look forward to a new group of his pieces with anticipation.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Lara emphasises that it is the balance between composition and form, absence and presence, that offers some of the most exciting opportunities for expressing her creative voice. She describes the space between pragmatic considerations and artistic intent – where technique, material, and creative insight meet – as the driving force behind her work. Her work always adds something special to the Gallery which immediately attracts our attention</span><b><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "calibri";">Ross Emerson</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Ross's quite unique work has not been at Bevere for some time. His<span style="color: #333333;"> work now consists of a range of ‘ hand-built ‘ clocks, vases, dishes, candelabra, candlesticks and anything ‘funky’ enough to grab his imagination. He uses a great variety of colours and decorative techniques to get the effects he is looking for.</span> We can predict that this work will make you smile.</span></div>
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<b><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "calibri";">Francoise Dufayard</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">It is particularly pleasing to have one of our favourite French makers here again after too long a time. </span><span style="color: #616161;">She has developed a very personal interpretation of terre vernissée or slipware, which creates a translucence in her work and gives her decoration a quality one sees only in painting; something of a rarity in this medium. The elegance of her decoration and her choice of colour always appeals.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #616161;">Finally we have two Maker's Lunches during this longer feature programme. We have had a particularly enjoyable programme of Lunches this year and I am no doubt that these two Lunches in November and December will sustain that reputation.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #616161; font-family: "calibri";"></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #616161; font-family: "calibri";">Sasha Wardell – Saturday, November 9<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(1200 -1400)</span></b></div>
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<br />Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14990322737459877727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353159767843930001.post-73385772672102773692019-10-07T03:07:00.003-07:002019-10-07T03:16:24.923-07:00BEvere Gallery's October's Maker's Lunch <br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;">BEVERE GALLEY</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;">MAKER'S LUNCH OCTOBER 2019</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;">SANDY BROWN</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Each month, we have the privilege of showing studio ceramicists with well established reputations for their skills and creative endeavour. <b>Sandy Brown</b>, by any criteria, is a maker of international standing. The very fact that her work is in 45 museums worldwide is testament to her status. It was immensely enjoyable having her join us for the Makers Lunch celebrating her feature here at Bevere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Sandy's abstract decoration is instantly recognisable and her work has a timeless quality. She has undertaken huge projects, which are well known but, by contrast, she continues to make tea bowls, plates and strong sculptural pieces. This is an important show of her work for Bevere Gallery as it is a number of years since she last had work here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Personally, I feel she epitomises ceramic art; she has produced original and striking work -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>year on year - for several decades. I know it is another cliché but it is so true; her creativity is boundless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Someone once described Sandy's studio and gallery in Appledore as an inspiring and wonderful place. Indeed, I still have vivid memories of my visit<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>although it was a good few years back and I can only agree – it is the essence of creativity and the spirit which pervades Sandy's work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">We were surprised to hear that she only became engaged with ceramics during a five year stay in Japan where she worked with a number of eminent makers. What she welcomed about the Japanese approach was the freedom of expression which now defines her pots and their decoration. She talked very clearly about her approach to colour and her free flowing brush lines as well as her innovative combination of different clays for contrast and texture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">She is a great believer in pots being used and clearly her plates and pots will do much to enhance the eating and drinking experience. There is no sense in which she is precious about her work – functionality means what it says.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">She returned to the UK from Japan to a very different environment and her vivid decoration and experimental use of clays stood out in a rather more constrained ceramic culture. It would need an essay of some length to cover the issues and life events raised by Sandy. What emerged more than any other factor was the concern to remain true to herself. This was a most absorbing two hours spent together and I am grateful for the spirit of enquiry that our lunch colleagues brought to the discussion. Long may Sandy continue to make such scintillating work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Sue's work also displays technical prowess but is vividly contrasted with her husband's. Her inspiration is tribal art and this pervades her work. The masks and figures of different cultures have informed and broadened her interest in and understanding of both beauty and craftsmanship, of contrast and opposites, darkness and light, wakefulness and sleep, and of the cycle of life itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">During our discussion together, we learnt that Ashraf, with his background initially in theatre design, learnt from Sue in London the joy of working with clay and making pots. In Egypt where he was born, he spent considerable time drawing, particularly pots and ceramic vessels which go way back into Egyptian antiquity. Good drawing involves serious and attentive looking; what emerged from his description of the design process was his focus on form and line – best demonstrated in his cut vessels included in the group of pots on show. These are not casual cuts into the clay body – each is precisely placed to enhance and add insight into the shape and volume of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the vessel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">There is so much that can be said about this time with Ashraf – hopefully this brief review of our time together has given some sense of the pleasure and insights that we had from our time with him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">I am most grateful for the effort he made to be with us from Pembrokeshire. Thank you Ashraf and all<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who made the lunch such an enjoyable experience.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">ASHRAF HANNA</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">This month's Featured Makers are <b>Ashraf <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWORYCjvFt13aLrootCZL-p1imr7KOk3wo7MgNi2dtwESH7MAdx8vOtk3_7-5DD54DWHgY4TzHJ4kV6cTzU8_3GkXaE_JZmwkIUHT1Z0dxb6H4qoYljlmh4DmsnrXMTCq0zo7RxhYPOE/s1600/image1+%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" class="" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWORYCjvFt13aLrootCZL-p1imr7KOk3wo7MgNi2dtwESH7MAdx8vOtk3_7-5DD54DWHgY4TzHJ4kV6cTzU8_3GkXaE_JZmwkIUHT1Z0dxb6H4qoYljlmh4DmsnrXMTCq0zo7RxhYPOE/s400/image1+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Ashraf will be joining us for the Bevere Gallery Makers Lunch on 7th September. Ashraf is amongst the most elegant of makers whose modern flowing pieces have a strong presence<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and have been a feature of UK ceramics for some years. This is work which ticks all the boxes for us and always demonstrates the highest<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>level design and making skills.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Sue's work also displays technical prowess but is vividly contrasted with her husbands. Her inspiration is tribal art and this pervades her work. Unfortunately family commitments mean that she cannot be with us<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for this event. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">All of the available lunch places are taken<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- however given the popularity of these enjoyable and informative events you may like to join us for the next one with <b>Sandy Brown</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Once again we have had a delightful Makers Lunch and this month we were joined by eminent maker <b>Jack Doherty, </b>who has an established<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>national and international reputation. He has been a friend of Bevere Gallery almost since we specialised in studio ceramics. Our collaboration with the CPA during his time as Chairman involved curating and setting up major exhibitions and his support and encouragement has always been unerring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Importantly we have a fine group of new work from him which confirms our long-standing view that inherent in the apparent simplicity of Jack's vessels is a subtlety in texture and decoration which can only be achieved through years of experience and a highly developed aesthetic sensibility. Indeed this became a focus for our discussion in the gallery as we stood around his vessels before lunch. Simplicity is the bedrock of his creative drive and he acknowledged that this takes time to achieve – he quoted the sculptor Brancusi who wisely said that <i>simplicity is complexity resolved. </i>Indeed one of the complex paradoxes is that the Doherty decorative process has a significant element of uncertainty through the firing process and yet what we see is self evidently Jack's voice. His work also reinforced our perception about the 'presence' of individual pots and it was noted that even the most modest of his vessels – in scale that is - has elegance and resonance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">His ceramic career has involved a number of major step changes – moving after 25 years working near Ross on Wye to take up his leadership role at the Leach Pottery St Ives – his significant term as Chairman of the Craft Potters Association – and most recently returning to his independent role as ceramicist in Mousehole, Cornwall. Each of these periods prompted many questions which Jack answered with openness and candour acknowledging that each has involved a different range of skills and indeed management.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Importantly, this lunch demonstrated once again that the more time we spend looking and talking about specific work - its making and creative processes - the more we come to respect and admire the outcome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Everyone including Jack thoroughly enjoyed our two hours together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Once again, we have had a most stimulating lunch with a highly respected maker, confirming that our decision to promote ceramics through intimate and discursive lunches with ceramicists has proved a very positive initiative.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jitka Palmer has been showing at Bevere almost as long as we have been specialising in ceramics. She is a constant observer of people and places and her many sketchbooks are translated into her pots which always draw attention and are much admired. Indeed she brought a number of her sketch books with her and they clearly demonstrate the provenance of her work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Her painterly decoration is redolent of her Czech heritage and is very much three-dimensional art. I have been thinking about what attracted me to her work initially. I believe that her use of the brush with a confident and yet relaxed style and importantly her subject matter – primarily human - is the key. Her constant observation of people is reflected in her prolific and yet original output.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is no doubting the maker of these pots as she clearly has a distinct voice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I suspect that painting is in her DNA as she has been drawing and using colour since a very early age. There is certainly no diminution of her creative drive and she finds time to sculpt in stone as well as paint and produce decorated vessels. Her use of porcelain without over-glazing is an ideal material for her decoration and retains that strong watercolour feel and emphases her Slavic influences.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Her career has been an interesting and at times difficult journey. Trained as a doctor in Czechoslovakia during the Soviet era she then taught anatomy which certainly underpinned her fascination with people and their activity. Supported by her husband she decided to undertake a ceramics course in the UK and although this was an economically difficult period her creative drive and spirit saw her through and to the creation of her own workshop. The rest is history as they say, given that Jitka has become such an established figure in ceramics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">This brief resume of our time with her hardly does justice to the frankness and lucidity which Jitka demonstrates when she talks about her work and the direction that it has taken. To be sure she will be painting and making as long as her health allows and as to how it may develop – as she says this is entirely influenced by what she sees and the world around her. She feels strongly that climate change is the issue and hopefully her work can reflect key aspects in subtle and yet telling ways.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">This was a most enjoyable lunch and I am extremely grateful for the effort Jitka made coming up from Bristol and indeed the contribution of our lunch companions whose questions and comments added much to the debate and our insight into Jitka's art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We are delighted that Jack Doherty is coming to join us for lunch and conversation about his work and career in ceramics. He is an established maker with an impressive CV including Chairmanship of the Craft Potters Association and management of the Leach Pottery in St Ives. His decorative voice is distinctive and since moving to the South West his decoration increasingly takes on the hues of the ocean surrounding Cornwall. We anticipate that this collection of work will be no less impressive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This should be another stimulating Makers Lunch. Do contact us to book your place with us.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">1st June between 1200 and 1400. Tickets are £15. Ring Bevere Gallery on 01905 754 484 or by email on enquiries@beveregallery.com</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I remember when we began this monthly programme of Makers Lunches, I had some concern that we might find successive discussions about ceramicists and their work somewhat repetitive. What these entertaining lunches have demonstrated is that the creative drive and approach to making pots is underpinned by the personality of the maker and their perception of the world around them and everyone is very different. Joan and Jack Hardie, whom we were delighted to have with us this month, epitomise that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">They started making pots together nearly 50 years ago and unusually for mature makers have become heavily committed to using technology to develop their making and thinking about pot design. This time with them gave us the opportunity to explore the path which<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>led to their adopting computer printing as their preferred approach. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">The two hours of discussion were truly revelatory. Few of us have a detailed insight into the amount of intellectual effort as well as ceramic skills required to produce original and interesting computer printed pots. Five years ago they became aware of the potentialities of computer aided design and printing and spent a long time exploring and experimenting – to some extent their journey still continues as new ideas are developed and implemented. It was certainly evident that the notion that the use of the computer was simply a matter of pressing the start button and <i>lo and behold </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you have a pot, is naïve and simply wrong, It is the ceramic skills that the Hardies clearly have and their earlier technical backgrounds combined that serve them well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">They made their own printing equipment and they brought with them fascinating illustrations and a video which demonstrated the making process. Although their work is exhibited under their joint names, in fact Joan emphasised that individual pots were identifiable to one or the other – at least to them!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">They were aware of the controversy that computer printing generates<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- perceived by some as not craft – that is, not emerging directly from the hands of the maker. Their view is that printing is no more than another process as is casting from moulds, slab making, coiling or throwing for that matter. Underpinning the process is a detailed understanding of the properties of clay and decisions about the use of specific clay types, design skills both in terms of creativity and the technical ability to use and manipulate design software to produce vessels that would be impossible to produce by hand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">During the course of discussion, it was increasingly evident that Joan and Jack had a high level of intellectual curiosity that could only be appeased by their exploration of the technical challenges presented by 3D printing. If you would like to know more about the processes do look at their website – </span><a href="http://www.printedpots.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; text-decoration: none;">www.printedpots.co.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">This was a highly enjoyable Makers Lunch providing open and frank exchanges which confirmed for everyone, including Joan and Jack, the value of engaging and open discussion over an excellent lunch. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This is the major feature exhibition which marks the start of summer. Let us hope that the weather supports this. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the event of a lack of sunshine, then for sure this group of featured makers will bring light, colour and creative energy into our lives.</span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I am really pleased to have two South African potters, who have not shown at Bevere for some time, back in the Gallery. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Clementina van der Walt </b>is based in Cape Town Her aesthetic inspiration is drawn from the patterns, colours and textures in the urban African and rural landscapes – applying techniques of press moulding, casting and throwing. She sees her pots as an antidote to the pressures of a digital age and so do I. Her work adds a lot to the pleasure of sitting and eating at the table.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Joan and Jack Hardie</span></b><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> aim to make ceramics that are inspired by natural forms and have a sense of life and movement. 3D printing with clay makes it possible to create ceramic forms that are not achievable by other means. They combine art, craft and technology to explore fascinating new possibilities. We have shown the Hardie’s pieces here for some time and they are a constant source of interest.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Victoria Eden i</span></b><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt;">s showing at Bevere for the first time. We saw her work at Ceramic Art London 2018. Her work is highly original and demonstrates her technical skills which enable her to translate her imaginative thinking about people and their environment. I will certainly be interested to hear whether our visitors respond as we did at CAL..</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Jitka Palmer</span></b><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> has been showing at Bevere almost as long as we have been specialising in ceramics. Her painterly decoration is redolent of her Czech heritage. She is a constant observer of people and places and her many sketchbooks are translated into her pots which always draw the attention and are much admired. Here work is the epitome of three dimensional art. Delighted that she will be joining us for her Makers Lunch on 1st June. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;">THE CURATOR'S VIEW </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">It is good to have the work of someone that the gallery has supported and admired for a number of years. <b>Matt Horne</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has to be amongst the very best of makers using crystalline glaze decoration. The high skill levels displayed in his thrown pieces and the often unusual colour combinations ensure a stimulating and enjoyable show of his fine pieces.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Decoration is always a major interest for ceramic enthusiasts and the crystalline process poses more questions than most. The technique was particularly popular in the Edwardian period and then, as with all decoration, tastes changed and it was not often adopted by studio ceramicists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Makers like Matt<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- and there are still only a few - have brought a strong contemporary feel to the use of crystals combined with superlative thrown vessels. They have great presence and his work has now become widely admired. Importantly this is work which really does benefit from an all round look as different elevations often surprise. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The quality of his work continues to develop and every time we get a new body of work<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sense I am looking at more sophisticated colour use and contrasts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">I am also pleased that we have new work in from <b>Ali Tomlin</b> who proved very popular when she first showed her work with us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> We also will be having some new pieces from <b>Emily-Kriste Wilcox</b> who has not been at Bevere for some time – we have all been much taken with the development of her decorative vessels. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">All together there will be even more to enjoy on your next visit to Bevere.</span></div>
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<br />Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14990322737459877727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353159767843930001.post-11538697450238387622019-03-05T07:45:00.000-08:002019-03-05T07:45:24.699-08:00Maker's Lunch with Peter Hayes 2nd March 2019<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUR9kMjYKNuMRJgDaWgr4HTNFzAJhPCXDmVqNUl7bDsvNnWTuXJ9AxuXrS5dt30c9F5AyjnooueM9smyZWE28StIDvePWUZ-4Dph2UjBb2zwZjj-FLKMxtrM-1CxExs-lpTsCXhBBp_YI/s1600/CTCT-20190304_143548_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUR9kMjYKNuMRJgDaWgr4HTNFzAJhPCXDmVqNUl7bDsvNnWTuXJ9AxuXrS5dt30c9F5AyjnooueM9smyZWE28StIDvePWUZ-4Dph2UjBb2zwZjj-FLKMxtrM-1CxExs-lpTsCXhBBp_YI/s400/CTCT-20190304_143548_0.jpg" width="361" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The Maker's Lunch is now becoming an established feature on the Bevere calendar, however each of these events is an unpredictable two hours of conversation with open and frank discourse with the invited maker. I had assumed at the outset that there would be a time when we would be hearing much the same responses from our guests each month – far from it. Each lunch has demonstrated that ceramicists are as diverse as their pots and so it proved again with a thoroughly entertaining and insightful two hours with Peter Hayes. I have known Peter for quite a few years now and notwithstanding the advancing years his creative energy and enterprise grow rather than diminish.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AoxbW8A1SSNLZ8R7lRRv5FnI1j4zI_TQjohaMocC2T9wivjYF5aMq-SNMfXV73ENycdfI0RzhxaLp5JRLTvwpAzAMVHH0JW_Gyp0vmWihdaCboB-r5iKGrYhreqdrMviOsjNHUEjkT0/s1600/CTCT-20190304_143548_6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AoxbW8A1SSNLZ8R7lRRv5FnI1j4zI_TQjohaMocC2T9wivjYF5aMq-SNMfXV73ENycdfI0RzhxaLp5JRLTvwpAzAMVHH0JW_Gyp0vmWihdaCboB-r5iKGrYhreqdrMviOsjNHUEjkT0/s320/CTCT-20190304_143548_6.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br />Peter has been showing at Bevere for a number of years and we always have high expectation when a new group of pieces is due. We are never disappointed. His distinctive and original work has always impressed. Whatever the scale, from small to very large, every piece has a presence and significant visual impact. By building up textured clays combined with burnishing and polishing the surface, Peter achieves opposites of rough and smooth with finishes from weathered clay to sun baked leather. <br /><br />What he revealed during his time with us, was a desire to produce work which evoked a response from people through simple, elegant design. He had always wanted to avoid over-complication which obscures the beauty of grain and texture in the clay and provokes a desire to touch and physically experience each piece.<br /> <br />Peter has a strong intellectual curiosity and his desire to travel is fired by an interest in different cultures and their approach to craft as well as making. He spent 10 years working and travelling in Africa and for the last nine years has been working in India for two months of the year helping to support craft communities. He welcomes the interactions of the relationships with Indian craftsmen which has led to him looking at new constructions and using different materials.<br /><br />He emphasised the importance of Bath and his studio above the River Avon and how the context within which he works contributes to his making process – pieces left in the river for long periods, the use of clays left decades ago by the canal to repair and reinforce collapsed banking. Incidentally, having worked for his father in print making when he was young and not enjoying the experience, he was determined that his children would not work for him – his son and daughter are now key members of his team!<br />
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<br />These reports are intended to give a brief insight into two hours of stimulating discourse and an excellent lunch – in Peter's case you will gather there is material for a lengthy essay. He sometimes feels that he may be guilty of rambling too much but in effect every aspect of his reflections on his work, ceramic practice and extensive career provides considerable insight into the life of this remarkable maker. Long may he continue.<br /><br />Stuart Dickens<br />Ceramic Curator<br />
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Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14990322737459877727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353159767843930001.post-90149191523493657042019-02-16T03:30:00.003-08:002019-03-12T08:27:36.480-07:00THE CURATOR'S VIEW - March 2019 <br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">From the 1<sup>st</sup>
March until 2<sup>nd</sup> April we are pleased to feature the work of eminent
maker <b>Peter Hayes</b>. </span><br />
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years now and we always have high expectation when a new group of pieces is due
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original work<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has always
impresses. Whatever the scale, from small to very large, every piece has a
presence and significant visual impact. By building up textured clays combined
with burnishing and polishing the surface, Peter achieves opposites of rough
and smooth with finishes from weathered clay to sun baked leather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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for several decades and his creative energy has grown rather than diminished
over that time as he continues to develop his work and the materials he uses. A
significant indicator of his boundless energy is the initiative he has taken in
creating a craft village in India which has contributed to the development of
his work as well as the skills of Indian makers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><b>Bronwen
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and process over a 30 year period. Her works strive to balance structure with
fluidity, using organic and inorganic forms as a reference point. I have been
particularly impressed with the imaginative structure of her pieces and
hopefully you will be too! </span></div>
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ceramics for the past 18 years and has a passion for aesthetically pleasing
functional pieces. In July 2018, she received a Highly Recommended award from
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">It was a great
pleasure to start the Makers Lunch programme for 2019 with a most enjoyable and
informative two hours with Geoffrey Swindell. All of us<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- perhaps unexpectedly in some cases –
were fascinated by the visual impact of his small but extraordinarily decorated
vessels. It was also refreshing for a maker to show examples of failed pots
demonstrating the ups and downs of the development process. It was very clear
however that the only pots to emerge for public view and sale were those that
met Geoffrey's exacting standards.</span></div>
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most revealing aspects of our time together was during a discussion about '<i>presence</i>'
– often associated in our minds with large imposing vessels. Geoffrey used the
word '<i>intensity'</i> to describe his work and it was interesting to hear his
response to a question about producing some of his pieces on a larger scale
when he said that if he did so they would lose their intensity. All of us who
have held one of his fine pots in our hands will acknowledge this I am sure. We
agreed that presence was a multifactorial phenomenon involving design,
craftsmanship, decoration and context.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Geoffrey has been
making over many decades and his creative drive has never declined over that
long time. He described in some detail how his distinctive decorative voice
emerged and developed often influenced by everyday objects including small
children's toys. All of us were amazed that such small and apparently delicate
pieces were hand thrown. A broken piece which he brought with him demonstrated
the finesse of his potting.</span></div>
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length the changes in the ceramic market and public taste over the last two
decades and in some ways the originality of the Swindell voice had maintained
interest during these changes. </span></div>
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demonstrated the value of an intimate small group conversation which enables
detailed and stimulating revelations about the rigours of design and making as
well as the frustrations. Importantly, everyone is at ease and can contribute
freely knowing that their views and questions will contribute to our wider
experience during the two hours we spend together.</span></div>
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enjoyable start to the 2019 Lunch Programme.</span></div>
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We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 12th Annual
Graduate Show voted by visitors to the exhibition is @ab_ramics Abigail
Johnson, who graduated from Nottingham Trent University in 2018. From
our discussions with people who admired her work, it was evident that
the quality of making, decoration and elegant design very much captured
the current vogue. It has a timeless quality which will l<span class="text_exposed_show">ook
good at any time and in any context. Abigail's reward will be
continuing representation by Bevere and we look forward to seeing her
work here again soon.</span><br />
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Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14990322737459877727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353159767843930001.post-55124367148083358472019-01-31T08:07:00.001-08:002019-01-31T08:07:19.211-08:00The Curator's View - February 2019
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Annual Graduate
Show was very well received and although the final count of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the votes of visitors to the exhibition
has yet to take place, we know that the voting has been quite competitive.
Watch this space for the winner to be announced. I am confident that we have
some excellent new talent to enhance our list of makers and artists.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Geoffrey
Swindell</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> last exhibited here in
2015 when his work was received with interest and enthusiasm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is uniquely a ceramic miniaturist
whose making skills and creativity are extraordinary. He has been making for
well over 40 years and there has been no diminution of his imaginative
practice.</span></div>
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unpacked I was blown away by the quality in the making - which is a given - and
by the continuing inventiveness and creativity evident<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in each vessel. He has made a fine
selection of pots for this feature and further more, I am delighted that he will
be joining us<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on 9th February for
our monthly Maker's Lunch when we will have the chance to talk with him at
length about his practice and his creative drive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Geoffrey's work
demonstrates profoundly that the presence of a vessel isn't a matter of scale
but other essential elements which his work embraces. We will learn more about
what they are as we spend time with him and his work.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;">BEVERE GALLERY</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;">12<sup>th</sup> ANNUAL
GRADUATE SHOW </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;">12<sup>th</sup> to 29<sup>th</sup>
January 2019</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The opening of the 12<sup>th</sup>
Graduate Show on Saturday 12<sup>th</sup> January more than met our
expectations. By general assent, this is one of the best Graduate Shows we have
held for some time and we were heartened by the response of the exhibitors who
came to the opening and the visitors to the exhibition – many of whom had been
to previous shows. What has pleased almost everyone is the confirmation that
creativity and imaginative art and craft are still alive and well in the UK.</span></div>
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the promotion of emerging talent as an important means through which ceramic
art is regenerated. This show – and do come and see it if you were unable to
come on Saturday – is attractively diverse with exhibitors that were selected
because of their evident skill and creative ability.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFfMeyDRe5u_xYevo25tblwCeTyX0pwKkazFuQVKym1nwzr51ds_jeXEr3SChgGimhWU3Bxr-jJHIQ4xQkOlKlJEV5V89qFmzfcwOyuBWTXux2KTEV_fwCspP-lcAONSi8eaF8YcTl0A/s1600/today+13+-+1.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFfMeyDRe5u_xYevo25tblwCeTyX0pwKkazFuQVKym1nwzr51ds_jeXEr3SChgGimhWU3Bxr-jJHIQ4xQkOlKlJEV5V89qFmzfcwOyuBWTXux2KTEV_fwCspP-lcAONSi8eaF8YcTl0A/s320/today+13+-+1.jpg" width="301" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Visitors were pleased
to be able to cast a vote for their </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">
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</style></span>favourite exhibitor and whilst naming names
would be inappropriate at this time – we can say that the votes are well spread
across the exhibitor list, suggesting that the work on show appeals to a wide
range of people. We know that some voters had considerable difficulty
identifying a single favourite – again<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>a positive indication that there is much to appeal in what has been an
eagerly anticipated show. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">You will gather that
Saturday's opening generated a genuine buzz of enthusiasm<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>including those of us at Bevere who put
the show together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Do try and get to see
the show before it closes on the 29<sup>th.</sup></span></div>
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</style> <i>Stuart Dickens Ceramic Curator</i>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14990322737459877727noreply@blogger.com0