New exhibition from internationally acclaimed maker
Clive Bowen
21st October - 13th November 2021
Contemporary Ceramics gallery and shop exhibits the greatest collectable names in British ceramics along with the most up and coming artists of today. Our distinguished makers are all carefully selected members of the Craft Potters Association.
Our opening hours are:
Tuesday – Saturday: 11am – 6pm
All of our makers are members of the Craft Potters Association and each of them have a story to tell.
John has been making stoneware pottery in the North Lancashire village of Yealand Redmayne for forty years. The firing process requires a temperature of 1320c, and a smoky/reducing atmosphere in the kiln, which results in rich glaze colours and exciting unpredictable effects on the pots. Most of the pots are classically simple functional shapes, thrown on the wheel, but John occasionally alters the freshly thrown pots to produce one of the signature forms for which he is well known.
Since 2000 Owen Thorpe has been producing ‘families’ of pots using recurring themes and he has been making bowls and plates with inscriptions. All his work is made using a soft stoneware, high fired with occasional further enamel firings.
Sabine completed an apprenticeship as a thrower in 1998 with Hans Joachim Grünert in Waldenburg (Sachsen) in East Germany, followed by a three-year training as a production thrower where she was introduced to wood firing. She became enthralled by the high demands of wood-firing. In 2000, she came to England to gain more experience and met fellow potter, Nic Collins who became her partner. In 2001, she moved to Devon.
Adam uses a single pure jar form as a canvas to map his observations from an ongoing study of his surroundings. He incorporates stone and locally dug clay into his work to create a narrative, one that conveys a unique sense of place.
Phil throws and hand-builds in various stoneware clays, making bowls, vases and sculptural forms. However, his main output is concentrated on small-scale porcelain and white stoneware bowls and bottles. They are exclusively hand thrown.
Paul Wearing's hand-built sculptural vessels reflect diverse urban and rural landscapes. Creating tension between the orderly, symmetrical handmade form and natural glaze phenomena, his work aims to highlight our materiality and fragility.
![Clive Bowen - now open online and in the gallery!⠀
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As one of Britains finest studio potters, a reputation that has been built over the past 50 years, Clive Bowen is still always looking to make a better pot. Bowen's craftsmanship, and his ongoing search for the 'better pot', is seen within the fluid slip decoration used across his functional vessels and tableware, as well as the light touch he brings to his large jars and jugs.⠀
Clive makes a direct connection between his work and how it is used "I want to know that [the people who buy my work] are not just using my pots, but actually enjoying their food on my plates or pots." #clivebowenceramics⠀
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Follow the link in bio to shop the exhibition⠀
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Clive Bowen runs from the 21st October through to the 13th November.⠀⠀
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