Ceramics at Montpelier

Another visit to the Montpellier Gallery in Stratford.

Sharon Griffin:

Adam Frew:

Sylvia H. Owens:

Clearly influenced by Cycladic art, these sculptures are pleasing:

Katherina Klug:

Stratford gallery - Spring 2019

Another ceramics exhibition at the Stratford Gallery.

Alison Coaten:

A pity about the stag's head on this sculpture as I really liked the

face.

Jack Doherty:

Doherty's vessels are thrown and soda-fired. The thin layer of liquid porcelain that is applied on the surface has copper carbonate added as the single colouring material. Only one firing is required. Soda firing involves missing sodium bicarbonate with water, which is then sprayed into the kiln during firing at high temperature. The resulting vapour is drawn through the kiln chamber where it reacts with the silica and alumina present in the clay, creating this rich patina of surface texture and colour.

Mitch Iburg:

Joseph Ludkin:

Peter Wills:

Eddie Curtis:

Victoria Eden:

Open 2019

Open 2019: a showcase for artists based in the West Midlands

at Leamington Art Gallery.

I was somewhat disappointed with the Open exhibition this year. To begin with, the leaflets advertising the exhibition promised us a quilt by Annabel Rainbow which is not there.  (You can see some of Rainbow's work here ). Furthermore, the work of Wendy Campbell-Briggs which is featured on the exhibition poster is not to be seen either. 

Wendy Campbell-Briggs and Corinna Spencer, Extinct (ceramic, American oak, paper)

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Tim Florence, Purple Haze, (Giclée print from an ink on paper original)

Kathy Webster, Samuel's paintbrush, (acrylic) 

Janet Tryner, A Few Rough Hands... Garden Brush, (plaster of Paris, wood, string, brick)

Tanya De Lange, 7 Miles of Solitude - 2, (medium format film print)

DJ, Newgale, (oil on canvas)

John Martin, Blue Ladderway, (mixed media linocut)

 Robert Page, The First Time that you Kissed me, (bronze resin on Ancaster stone)

Jo Lewis, One Way Ticket, (photograph)

Lizzie Cariss, Freight Train 2, (oil on canvas)

John Murphy, Landing Place, (oil on linen)

Jenny Chan, Divas Wall Masks, (ceramic)

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