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Kathleen Standen |
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Image: Tide Marks |
| Statement: | |
My work is inspired by objects found on beaches and river beds, where unlikely combinations of disparate items support and hold each other. I make sculptural ceramic pieces and my current work is influenced by the modern architecture of Docklands juxtaposed with the remains of the old dock, by the river Thames in London. The relationship between solidity and fragility that can result from chance encounters is the theme that my work explores. I use a range of techniques to achieve the separate elements in my work. Solid blocks of clay combined with organic material for the smoke fired cog like shapes. Slabs and press mouldings, (taken from objects on the river bank or structures in Docklands), are joined to create the architectural inspired structures. The vessels are thrown porcelain. I have used stoneware crackle glazes in delicate shades of blue and green on the vessels, with coloured permanent inks to show the crackle. Stoneware glazes have been applied to mouldings and some vessels. |
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| Exhibition Highlights: | |
| 2002 | The West Cork Arts Centre, Skibereen, County Cork.2005: ‘New Designers’ exhibition, London |
| 2002 | ‘Ceramics in the Garden’, The Brickling Hall, Norfolk, England |
| 2001 | East Anglia Potters Exhibition, Cambridge, England |
| Education/Training: | |
| 2003-2005 | HDip in Fine and Applied Art, Ceramics, London Metropolitan University |
| 2000-2002 | City and Guilds Diploma in Creative Studies, Ceramics, West Herts College |
| 2000-2001 | City and Guilds Diploma in Life Drawing, West Herts College |
| 1973-1974 | PGCE Institute of Education, London University |
| 1969-1972 | BSc Marine Biology, Bangor University, North Wales |
| Contact Details | |
KEAMORE SOUTH FARM, Tel: 028 33512. (in August) 00 44 207 517 7886. Mobile: 00 44 7770 930539. 00 44 7860 450977. Email: kate@standenconsult.com |
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