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About The Artist

Brian at the anagama kiln in Rufford

I make figurative sculpture, and when not moved to make sculpture I make pots. For both I use clay. In between I draw. I draw figures in the street, the life model, musicians, dancers and trees. I draw to see and what I see informs what I make.
What I make I fire with processes that are not totally predictable and contribute their own qualities to the work. How a piece is placed in the wood fired anagama kiln determines where the ash deposits, and where the flame goes. How much reduction is achieved determines the colouration in the raku firing. And how the glaze crazes also adds its’ character to the piece

Recent Exhibitions/projects

CERAMICA November-December 09 Stoke-on-Trent
PAINT,CLAY,WOOD September 09 X-Church, Gainsborough
PAINT,CLAY,WOOD August 09, Thoresby Park, Notts.
ART IN CLAY,August 09 Hatfield House,
GREENHOUSE, Rufford gallery, Rufford Country Park

Formal Qualifications

1992 - Master of Arts Art and Design
Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield

1988 - Batchelor of Arts (Hons) Sculpture
Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield

1968 - Certificate of Education
Bretton Hall, Wakefield



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