Kate Haywood’s exquisite porcelain forms are at once assured and delicate. Made with keen attention to detail, each form is precise and elegant. Kate has a passion for objects, sometimes hand-held objects, often objects from the past. She scours museum collections and researches archives to identify intriguing pieces and purposes. Kate’s recent work is inspired by children’s games, games from… Read More
Justine Allison: The Language of Clay – Shifting Lines
‘Justine Allison’s ceramics are skilfully made, precious to touch and a delight to the eye’. Professor Moira Vincentelli Justine has her own language of clay. Balanced between functional and sculptural, her ceramic practice is rich and original. With a profound understanding of her materials and a honed… Read More
Chwarae Teg/Fair Play
Chwarae Teg/Fair Play 100 Years of Women in Ceramics An exhibition celebrating the past 100 years of women making and designing ceramics in Britain, featuring work from Aberystwyth University’s Ceramic Collection. October 20th 2018 - 13th January 2019 Early Studio Pottery This exhibition marks a century of collecting ceramics at Aberystywyth, a moment that also coincides with the birth of studio… Read More
Not Just for Pretty: Robyn Cove mewn perthynas â | in relation to Michael Cardew
Oriel Cerameg | Ceramic GalleryCanolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth Arts CentreGorffennaf 21 July – Hydref 7 October 2018 https://player.vimeo.com/video/280215146 The project ‘Not Just for Pretty’ has given me the chance to explore the functional and decorative qualities of Michael Cardew pottery. Studying the pots in the Ann Carr Collection I can see how Cardew developed and progressed his work. The influences… Read More
Chaos, Flow, Meander
Work from the Ceramic Collection inspired by natural forms. Oriel Cerameg | Ceramic Gallery Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth Arts Centre Mai 5 May – Gorffennaf 15 July 2018 Gordon Baldwin Alan & Ruth Barrett Danes Beverley Bell Hughes Christine Constant Thiébaut Chagué Marianne Rahneberg Richard Slee Geoffey Swindell Mary White & others “Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is… Read More
Billy Adams: Transitions
“I prefer to stay within the realms of the vessel. Rims, handles, lips and balance are commonplace within traditional ceramics, yet I use them in a unique integrated structure which elevates them beyond their own identifiable function and so gives then another meaning. Their conclusive forms are recognised as jugs, bowls and vessels; however, these represent profound arguments concerning issues… Read More
TERRY BELL-HUGHES
Tachwedd 11 November 2017 - Ionawr 21 January 2018 (closed 24/12/2017-01/01/2018) Terry Bell-Hughes is a modest man who has pursued a portfolio career as a potter and a teacher in North Wales for forty years. He has held fast to the values that were first introduced to him on the pottery course at Harrow in the 1960s and produces functional stoneware… Read More
What’s New? Recent Acquisitions
The Ceramic Collection in Aberystwyth is one of the major collections of non- industrial ceramics in Britain, currently with over 2000 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 been housed and displayed in Aberystwyth Arts Centre.… Read More
Crossings: Adam Buick and the Legend of Tresaith.
30th June - 27th August 2017 Ceramics Gallery, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, Wales. Adam Buick potter and film maker has developed this innovative project, based on the story of seven Irish princesses sent across the sea to land at Tresaith and marry Welshmen. Tresaith (town of seven) is part of Ceredigion Heritage Coastline. Reflecting on the topical theme of dangerous… Read More
The Language of Clay – STILL: Anne Gibbs
Anne works in a quiet studio situated in a private garden in a rural village in South Wales. There is equanimity about the studio and its occupant. For Anne, it is a place to simply be. Anne maps a regular course between her home and studio, passing landscapes and road junctions that are both constant and ever changing. These changes… Read More