Rose Wallace

Recalling traditional Staffordshire mantelpiece ornaments crafted from casts of discarded domestic ephemera, Creamware, press-moulded, individually animated elements bonded at leather hard stage. Traditional Staffordshire glazes.

Rose has lived in Oxford for over forty years. She has been involved in ceramics since 1998 graduating with a first class B.A. from B.C.U.C. in 2008. Rose became a selected member of The Craft Potters Association in 2010. She now runs six pottery classes a week for Sunningwell School of Art and occasional workshops for West Dean College.

Rose has work held in the permanent collections of The Grimmerhus Museum, Denmark, The International Ceramic Research Centre, Denmark, The Ken Stradling Study Collection, Bristol, Cannon Hall Museum, Barnsley and Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum.

“The discarded object; whether it be a vintage domestic item, a mudlarked find, even a piece of plastic packaging are all relevant to my creative process: to make comment on mass consumerism within contemporary society.” Rose Wallace.