porcelain ceramic beakers

background.. C V

I make bowls, vases and beakers, thrown on the wheel in porcelain. They are smooth inside, but organic outside - rough with volcanic glazes, sometimes sitting on flotsam as though washed up on the tide.

education / experience

2007-nowManager, ceramic studio, Brixton
2004-2007 Ceramics BA Hons, University of Westminster
1981-2004Engineer and consultant for Rolls Royce, Philips and IBM
1979-1981BA Hons, Engineering Science, Jesus College, Oxford
Born Conwy, Wales

awards

2011£1500, Y Lle Celf, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, Wrecsam
 

selected exhibitions / shows

2011Emerging Makers, Aberystwyth International Ceramics Festival
2011Life's a Beach, City Art Gallery, Leeds
2011Kettle's Yard FOUND, London
 
2010Yule, North Rock Gallery, Lerwick, Shetland
2010New Contemporary Craft, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
2010Navigation, New Schoolhouse Gallery, York
2010Affordable Art Fair, London
2010In the Making, RBSA, Birmingham
 
2009All Wrapped Up, Devon Guild of Craftsmen
2009Shirley Crowther Art at Ditchling and Fulham
2009Christmas Selection, Cambridge Contemporary Art
2009Dulwich Festival
2009Contemporary Craft Fair, Bovey Tracey, Devon
2009CUP at The Devon Guild of Craftsmen
 
2008Bluecoat Display Centre 2, Liverpool
2008Mission Gallery, Swansea
2008Beach, Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
2008Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen
2008Blue Room, Scottish Gallery
2008MADE08, Brighton Craft Fair
 

media

2008September Maker of the Week, Made08
2008November Homes and Gardens
2008November BBC Homes and Antiques
2008November Coast magazine

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