Recent Acquisitions, Ceramic Collection, School of Art, Aberystwyth University The Ceramic Collection in Aberystwyth is one of the major collections of non- industrial ceramics in Britain, currently with over 2200 pieces. Between 1920-1936 with funding from the Davies Sisters of Gregynog, the university acquired an important collection of pioneer studio pottery and Welsh slipware. Since the mid-1970s the collection has… Read More
This exhibition features ceramicists who challenge traditional production models by repurposing discarded ceramics, embracing salvage, and assembling forms sometimes with reference to historical pottery… Read More
“It takes a good many years to make a hundred pots that look the same, repetition takes a long time to learn.” Ray Finch spent most of his life making practical, affordable pottery that people could use every day. He produced simple, elegant forms, glazed in natural tones with subtle variations that were achieved through traditional glazing and firing… Read More
Teulu/ Family Hydref 12 October 2024 - Ionawr 5 January 2025 Arddangosfa dan guraduriaeth teuluoedd An exhibition curated by families This exhibition builds on Aberystwyth Arts Centre’s Teulu project, which began in 2023. Local families were invited by the Arts Centre to put together an exhibition using collections from the National Library of Wales, National Museum Wales, and the School… Read More
Susan Halls is one of the UK’s leading figurative ceramicists. She has been making her distinctive animal sculptures for almost forty years, firstly from the UK in the early nineties and then from America where she was based for twenty years. Her work is held in the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Centre of Ceramic Art, York, and the… Read More
Working in-between the concepts of illusion and reality, ceramic artist Jin Eui Kim explores how our perception of three-dimensional objects can be manipulated using tone and different arrangements of clay. For this solo exhibition, Simplicity and Complexity, Jin Eui has created a series of new pieces that continue to use intricate optical effects to attract and trick the eye.… Read More
From the Industrial Revolution, ceramics produced in factories were made by skilled workers where the work was divided into tasks - preparing clay, throwing, slip-casting, decorating, and firing - often in hazardous and poorly paid conditions. In the early 20th century, studio potters believed that all stages of pottery production should be done by the potter themselves following the traditions… Read More
Walter Keeler is an internationally renowned potter who creates useful pieces that explores the sculptural potential of functional design. His fascination with pots stems from his childhood, mud larking along the tidal banks of the Thames. The ceramic fragments he found kindled a passion for old pots, and, subliminally, a tactical key to the methods of those long dead potters.… Read More
Conscious Dreaming An exhibition inspired by the works of Christine Penn and Frances Emma Richards. Sat 24 June 2023 to Sun 24 September 2023 ‘Conscious dreaming has parallels to our creative process, when we are working it is somewhere between control and letting go.’ – Vicky Lindo and Bill Brookes In 2020 Vicky Lindo (b.1980) and Bill Brookes (b.1980) were invited by… Read More
Richard Batterham (1936-2021) was dedicated to living a self-sufficient life with his family in Durweston, Dorset, tending to his garden and making pots every day. He referred to his lifestyle as a ‘quietness of living’. Batterham undertook every stage of the process of making pottery himself, from processing raw clay to firing his huge three-chamber oil-fired climbing kiln. He made… Read More
