Northern Potters East (Spring 2024)
Gallery Forty-Nine is delighted to welcome Northern Potters East, who will be exhibiting their work in a vibrant spring exhibition from the beginning of March until the end of May 2024.
The exhibition will feature a striking, diverse selection of ceramics including both decorative and functional items.
Participating artists include Nadine Blakemore, Anna Brown, Jill Ford, Alastair Gittens, Gerry Grant, Nina Wright, and Alison Young.
For further details about the artworks included in the exhibition, including availability and prices, please contact Gallery Forty-Nine.
Nadine Blakemore
Functional pottery to make every day special. Nadine works in stoneware and porcelain and layers up to three glazes for interesting effects.
Anna Brown
Anna enjoys creating stoneware and porcelain ceramic forms reflecting the changing seasons in the Yorkshire Wolds. Experimenting with glazes provides a reflection of the enchanting colours and stunning scenery. Her ceramics are inspired by nature.
Jill Ford
Forms are kept simple: full, round bowls, tall skinny standing forms and full round Moon Jars that echo the shape of the full moon. New sculptural pieces feature multiple tapered tubes joined together to create dramatic statements.
Alistair Gittens
Alistair is a practising ceramicist with a degree from Manchester Polytechnic in fine art sculpture. He creates raku pottery, smoke firing and earthenware pottery. "This is a collection of small work which can be used for storing bits and pieces or just as decoration," says Alistair. "Raku is not food safe and cannot be used for storing liquids. Raku is not a high fired process, and these objects would not withstand outside use."
Gerry Grant
Gerry has been a potter for over forty years. He makes functional pots using traditional wheel-thrown techniques. Inspired by the simplicity of form of the Bauhaus era, his shapes are clear and simple with little ornamentation. His bowls represent the freshness of spring – clean, pure shapes thrown from a white stoneware clay, and glazed in pale greens. Each bowl is different, yet designed for everyday use; they are oven-proof, microwave-proof and dishwasher proof.
Nina Wright
"Potting, cooking, heat and fire.. they go together for me," says Nina. "My pots become complete when they contain food or flowers. The pure materiality of clay inspires my ceramics." Nina's aesthetic has developed over 50 years since she graduated with a ceramics degree, where she trained in the Leach and Japanese tradition. Her work is fired to high stoneware temperatures in an oxidising kiln, rendering the pots extremely durable; they are oven, dishwasher and leak proof.
Alison Young
Alison hand-builds decorative and functional ceramic pieces which are inspired by organic forms, and often incorporate found objects and driftwood. Her spring pieces are inspired by the emerging colours of the season, as nature begins to come to life after the bleakness of winter.