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Ceramics by James Newbold
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- James Newbold
Solo exhibition for this Bristol ceramicist who specialises in raku and mother of pearl lustre, using stoneware and earthenware, to produce functional pieces and jewellery.
James studied Ceramics and 3D design at Loughborough University, before moving into higher education to teach Ceramics, Art and Photography for 32 years. He then felt the call back to ceramics to create his own ranges of work full-time.
James’s ceramic pieces are all wheel-thrown or slip-cast stoneware and earthenware.
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He produces functional bodies of work and specialises in raku and other alternative firing techniques. He has developed a four-stage firing process which involves using a white raku glaze followed by a mother of pearl lustre. The pots are then packed in sawdust and undergo a smoke reduction process where the unglazed body is darkened by the carbon, and the lustre surface becomes much richer in colour.
His forms vary in size from small pieces of jewellery to quite large thrown vessels. He keeps the shapes relatively simple so that the attention is drawn to the surface patterning created by the raku and glazes that he uses.
July 1-31, Mon-Sat 10.15am-5.30pm. For more info, visit www.pottersbristol.com
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