WIRRAL, UK
Collection: RACHEL PETERS
ARTIST STATEMENT
Clay for me, as a medium, is creating at the most primal level and evokes feelings of the freedom of childhood creativity. Making has given me purpose, brought a peace back into my life, and helps to keep me calm and present.
I make hand-built vessels and sculptures through coiling. Hand-building gives me the freedom to create without restriction, allowing for more flexibility and experimentation. It is slow, methodical, and meditative.
I am influenced by the simplicity, beauty, and craftsmanship of Danish design. Famous for its clean lines, natural materials, and muted colours. I enjoy the harmony of natural soft forms, biomorphic rounded shapes, and calm colour.
The focus of my work is form and texture. Beautiful shapes that hold their own, without the need for decoration. Working with a variety of grogged stoneware clays to create a muted colour palette and interesting surfaces. I love the natural state of the clay, maintaining the connection to the material, and the appreciation of texture.
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Grey Slip Vessel (Large)
Vendor:RACHEL PETERSGrey Slip Vessel (Large)
- Regular price
- $947.00
- Sale price
- $947.00
- Regular price
I have always had a love of Art, beautiful architecture, and good design, but found my owncreativity became buried in adulthood, and I embarked on a career in Social Work. Ieventually left this career and moved to my partner’s home country of South Africa wheremy two children were born. The energy and beauty of the landscape, and the people, rich inmaking and creativity, rekindled something in me.
When I returned to the UK, feeling somewhat lost and lacking direction, I enrolled on apottery class where I fell in love with the medium of clay. When these classes stopped inthe pandemic, I was forced to reassess my life. Realising that life is too short not to pursuemy passion, I set up a small studio in the house.
EXHIBITIONS
‘Cloth and Clay’ 3rd February – 31st April 2024
Gallery 57, 57 Tarrant Street, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9DJ
Open Exhibition 2024 6th January – 24th February 2024
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, Crown Lane, Conwy, LL32 8AN
Winter Exhibition 23 18th November 2023 – 21st January 2024
Tarpey Gallery, 77 High Street, Castle Donington, Derby 74 2PQ
MADE Showcase 16th October 2023 - 6th April 2024
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton WF4 4LG
Design Nation Showcase 17th July – 16th September 2023
Platform Gallery, Station Road, Clitheroe BB7 2JT
Open 2023 22nd July – 27th August 2023
Tarpey Gallery, 77 High Street, Castle Donington, Derby 74 2PQ
‘Form’ 23 2nd – 30th April 2023
Highgate Contemporary Art, Unit C405, The Chocolate Factory, 5 Clarendon Road, London
N22 6XJ
New Ashgate Gallery Rising Stars 2023 11th March – 22nd April 2023
New Ashgate Gallery, Wagon Yard, Farnham GU9 7PS
‘Of Land and Sea’ 22nd
September – 22nd October 2022
The Lake Gallery, 52 Grange Road, West Kirby, Wirral CH48 4EF
‘Ceramics Now’ 9th July – 10th September 2022
Bluecoat Display Centre, 50-51 College Lane, Liverpool L1 3BZ
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
‘Playful’ 9th November – 22nd December 2024
Gallery 57, 57 Tarrant Street, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9DJ
‘Land Marked’ 20th July – 28th September 2024
Gallery 57, 57 Tarrant Street, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9DJ
Summer Exhibition Dates TBC
Gallery Nine Bath, 9B Margaret
Buildings, Bath BA1 2PL
UPCOMING SHOWS
York Ceramic Fair 9th – 10th March 2024
Ceramic Art London 19th – 21st April 2024
CraftWorks 24 15 th – 17 th May 2024
Potfest in the Park 26 th – 28 th July 2024
PAST SHOWS
Oxford Ceramics Fair 28th – 29th October 2023
Celebrating Ceramics 14th – 16th July 2023
Ceramic Wales 17th – 18th June 2023
York Ceramic Fair 4th – 5th March 2023
Potfest in the Pens Penrith 28th – 30th October 2022
AWARDS
New Ashgate Gallery Rising Stars 202
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