88 Chris Russell
Ceramics – Sculpture
Artform: Ceramics & Pottery, Sculpture
Over the years I’ve worked with silver, wood and clay. While each is very different, working with clay is that extra bit different. There is something about working a material directly with your hands, no tools, no machines, that sets it apart from what I have done before.
And as to my ideas – it’s a mix of many influences over the years. The form of the pots has been strongly influenced by my time as a silversmith but also Japanese tea bowls. I first started looking closely at surface textures with the ancient trees in Greenwich Park, 40 years ago, ideas reinforced with my recent forays into Green Woodworking. There is also a lot from times on beaches, clambering over rocks, especially those with white quartz veins, so I suppose it comes down to a fascination with the details of the textures, colours and forms in the natural world.
While I’ve run workshops building single burn Paper-Clay kilns, which can result in heavily carbonised and smoke impregnated finishes – another influence, working with clay with any direction has only happened very recently. My first firings were earlier this year, and I’ve focused on using coloured and highly grogged stoneware. Glazes are a combination of pre-mixed powdered glaze with different ground clays in various proportions.
Venue
Worcester Arts Collective
4 Edgar Street
WR1 2LR Worcester
United Kingdom
Directions: Close to Worcester Cathedral in the city centre. 10 mins walk from Foregate Street Station or Crowngate bus station. Nearest parking on Severn Street or King Street car park (both pay and display).
What 3 words location: eagles.shield.happen
Tel: 07942 365685
Instagram: chrisrussell696
Facebook: chris.russell620i
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