Handmade Ceramics
Portfolio of Work
White Stoneware half glazed in Ice Blue
Toasted and White Stoneware Clay Swirls, interior glazed in Polar White
White Stoneware half glazed in Ice Blue
Gallery of Recent Work
N.B "Bud Vases" refer to small pots usually about 10 cm tall. They are in a variety of shapes.
About Me
How Did I End Up Playing With Clay Every Day?
I have been fascinated by clay and the mesmeric quality of the potter's wheel most of my life. I finally took a pottery class at the Folk House about 10+ years ago and fell in love with it. Despite the difficulty of learning to throw, including using a right handed wheel when I am very left handed, I couldn't let it go. This resulted in many, many wonky pots. However slowly, slowly I made progress.
I left my job as CEO of Puppet Place just before COVID 19, intending a return to freelance theatre producing. However, I found myself thinking more and more about the clay, so I decided to step away from the performing arts and see what the world of ceramics had to offer.
Fast forward to now, I now have a tiny pottery studio in my former potting shed. I have learned (and continue to learn) the other skills that potters need: reclaiming clay, preparing glazes and firing up the kiln, also patience. I am by no means an expert, but I continue to love working with clay and I'm delighted to now be sharing my ceramics with a wider group of people.
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Previous Work
2020-Present
A co-creation project with Bath Spa University, Seenaryo (Jordan), Dafa Puppet Theatre (Czech Republic), Theatre Orchard (Weston Super Mare) Tobi Poster Su, Matt Fleming and Sam Harb. Started in the height of lockdown the project explores how objects connect us across borders, boundaries and difference.
Main Activities: project co-design, fundraising, artist support and facilitation, network building.
2021-Present
The Noughty One is a performance installation combining traditional puppetry craft with robotics and 3D printing fabrication to create a playful and curious series of figures. It will be presented at Beverley Puppet Festival in July and installed at Upfront Arts Centre and Gallery later in the year.
Main Activities: fundraising, artist support, partnership building
2020
Anna Haydock Wilson & Amy Hutchings
https://annahaydockwilson.com/community-initiatives/
Community Print Project for refugees and young carers delivering print making resources to families suffering isolation due to Covid-19.
Main Activities: Consultancy
Skills
Leadership Strategic Planning Financial Management Project Management Problem Solving Team Management Fundraising Communication Clay Wrangling
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