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Kirsty Adam’s work is both functional and holds aesthetic meaning, retaining the spontaneity and delicacy intrinsic to making on the potters’ wheel. A Japanese comb tool is used to create and enhance the throwing lines. Her Icelandic collection is the culmination of a research trip to Iceland to express the ‘otherworldliness’ of the landscape.
Kirsty is an award-winning ceramicist currently working from her studio in Newcastle upon Tyne. She originally trained at Brighton Art College and then on the potters’ wheel in Japan. She has developed a personal approach to throwing on the wheel using porcelain clay, to produce unique pieces for the home.
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Being Human
6th March - 19th April 2020
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L A R I S S A W A R R E N
‘Wild Women, Wild Clay’ is driven by my fascination of the minerals and clays underneath, the layers of the earth and how we uncover them. Echoing my local landscape and using raw volcanic clays from Tamborine Mountain, geological metamorphosis and history underwrites many of my concepts. During the last 3 months I have researched female potters from the 1940’s-80’s who lived in unique isolation here on the mountain; dug clay from their backyards and sold works from their home based galleries. Having located some of these original sources of clay and now making with them, I have become immersed in their stories, as Covid -19 life has begun to parallel with these past times.’
Larissa Warren (aka Ratbag Studios) is an Australian ceramic artist who has her own unique approach to clay. Through her work, she investigates transformation and the possibilities in materials. With a passion for traditional Japanese nerikomi techniques, Larissa creates engaging surfaces by combining translucent porcelain, colour, raw stoneware and minerals.
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