2008 OPEN EXHIBITION AT THE
3 May –
13 July
Out Of The Fire
2008 OPEN EXHIBITION
3 May – 13 July
download illustrated catalogue
see the 2009 exhibition at the Milton of Crathes Gallery
OUT OF THE
FIRE
features work
by 32 potters:
Anne Morrison (
Dawn Newbigging (Berwickshire)
Harding & Palmer
(Northumberland)
Jane Barker
(Aberdeenshire)
Kirsty O’Connor (
Kenneth Tonge (Kincardineshire)
Lyle Moar (Perthshire)
Miriam Reid (Lanarkshire)
Neil Halley (
Roger Bell (
Ronna Elliott (Lanarkshire)
Suzanne Davis (Perthshire)
Sandra Halley (
Susan Nuttgens (East Lothian)
Stuart Orr (
preview Saturday 3
May 2pm-3.30
RSVP to
museum@smithartgallery.demon.co.uk www.smithartgallery.demon.co.uk
Admission free:
Tuesday-Saturday
Scottish Potters exhibition website www.pottery.makers.org.uk/stirling
One third of the price of every piece
sold is being given to support the Stirling Smith
Some work will go on to the
Penicuik
Arts Festival 23 August – 7 September 2008
CARRBRIDGE STUDIO,
01479 841
247
EMAIL: carrbridgestudio@aol.com
WEBSITE: www.carrbridgestudios.com
AB1: RAKU
POT 12 x 12 x 16 £54
AB2 RAKU POT 12 x 12 x 16 £54
AB3. RAKU POT 12
x 12 x 14 £54
AB4. RAKU BOWL 16 x 16 x 6 £69
AB5. RAKU BOWL 16 x 16 x 6 £69
These raku
fired pieces combine traditional ideas with contemporary design and are just
one of many aspects of work from ceramic artist Alice Buttress. She has been
working with clay for over twenty years producing a wide range oF ceramics and sculpture from her studio/gallery in the
lovely highland
ALAN GAFF
ARGYLL
POTTERY, BARCALDINE, BY OBAN, ARGYLL PA37 1SQ
01631
720503
EMAIL: alan@argyllpottery.fsnet.co.uk
WEBSITE: www.argyllpottery.co.uk
AG1 5pt JAR
GRANITE GLAZE AND PAINTED 17 x 25 £75
AG2 CUT HANDLED
BOWL GRANITE GLAZE HAND PAINTED 26 x 11 £45
AG3. TEAPOT 1.5pt BLUE GLAZE AND WOODASH 22 x 16
£45
AG4. JUG HALF PT BLUE GLAZE & WOODASH 12 x 11 £20
AG5 SUGAR BOWL
BLUE GLAZE & WOODASH 9 x 6 £7.50
I was
apprenticed to Joe Finch at Appin Pottery 1979 – 84,
set up Argyll Pottery near Oban 1998. Most pots are
thrown on the wheel from our own blend of stoneware clay; we also make our own
glazes. I produce a full range of domestic ware with some contemporary pieces,
fired to 1300’C in our wood burning kiln.
ALAN GAFF POTTERY
ANNE MORRISON
0141 942
6110
EMAIL: annemorrison@ceramicart00.fsnet.co.uk
AM1 CRACKLE URN RAKU 7” x 10” £95
AM2 OPEN CRACKLE FORM, RAKU 12”
x 10” £95
AM3. SHORE SCULPTURE, RAKU on driftwood 7”x7”x7” £75
AM4.WALLPIECE
EMERGING STONE RAKU on driftwood 5”x30” £120
My work
is inspired by the sea and shore. I incorporate wood and found objects
collected from beaches into my pieces. I love the tactile quality of smooth
pebbles and try to achieve a similar finish on my pots. They are thrown or handformed, smoothed then raku or smoke fired and lightly
polished.
CAMILLA GARRETT- JONES
CULROSS POTTERY & GALLERY, SANDHAVEN, CULROSS,
01383
882176
EMAIL: camilla@culrosspottery.com
WEBSITE: www.culrosspottery.com
CG1 PLATE 35cm diameter £58
CG2 JUG 10
x 24 cm £38
CG3. JUG 6 x 18 cm £25
CG4. BOWL 10
x 24 cm £29
CG5 BOWL 8
x 14 cm £22
Based in Culross Pottery and Gallery in Culross,
CAMILLA GARRETT-JONES POTTERY
DIANA MAVE FERRARI
GLENSLUAIN
COTTAGE, STRACHUR, ARGYLL PA27 8DH
01369
860541
WEBSITE: www.dianaferrari.co.uk
DF1. COIL BUILT PLATTER 45cm across £120
DF2. COIL BUILT PLATTER 35cm across £80
DIANA FERRARI PLATTERS
DAWN NEWBIGGING
MERSINGTON
MILL, GREENLAW,DUNS,BERWICKSHIRE TD10 6UL
01890
840660 mobile 07792703690
mersingtonpottery@hotmail.co.uk
DN1
Thrown & altered STONEWARE DISH with glass 10.5”x3” £125
DN2
Thrown & altered STONEWARE DISH with glass 9.5“x3” £75
DN3
Thrown & altered STONEWARE DISH with glass 9.5“x3” £75
My work
is influenced by coastal ephemera, using mainly stoneware clay. It is thrown
then altered, I add detail by attaching and imprinting
texture, making each piece individual.
DAWN NEWBIGGING POTTERY
EMMA PATTULLO
PLATFORM
22,
013398
82039
EMAIL: emmapattullo@tiscali.co.uk
WEBSITE: http://www.spanglefish.com/EmmaPattullo/
EP1 Pure Gold Black
earthenware sculptural vessel with gold lustre .22x4x38cms £75
EP2.
Golden Surprise I -Black earthenware sculptural vessel with gold lustre 18x4x27cms £60
EP3.
Golden Surprise II Black earthenware sculptural vessel with gold lustre .16x4x25cms £60.
EP4 .Fools Gold Black earthenware sculptural vessel with gold lustre. 17x4x23cms £50
I am a
ceramic artist designing functional and sculptural artworks‚ hand-painted tiles
& commemorative wares to commission. I am happiest expressing my ideas
through clay, creating richly coloured‚ decorative
and tactile pieces of ceramics, which combines and plays with the functional
boundaries and sculptural concepts.
Situated in the North East of
EMMA PATTULLO POTTERY
FRAN MARQUIS-FAULKES
4
01241
439714
EMAIL
franfaulkes@yahoo.co.uk
WEBSITE
www.erehwon.org.uk
FM1.
Glimpses landscape frame 2D piece for wall 70x38 £220
FM2.
Marks of Sea Life 2D
for wall 52x52 £220
FM3.
After the Party 2D for wall 38x70 £180
FM4.
Birds in the Woods 3 small pots max height 12
£75 for set
Work is
white porcelain some with Oxides, some with printed paper. I am influenced by place and time and often
use textures from nature and man made objects found at a specific place on a visit
with my porcelain clay, boards and a rolling pin. I like the immediacy of the process and being
out “on site” is one of the pleasures of this way of working. I try to look at the textures of everything –
cliffs, flowers and leaves but also cigarette butts and flattened tin cans if
that is what I see! They all form the texture and experience of that place and
time!
FRAN MARQUIS-FAULKES POTTERY
GEORGE YOUNG
01334850859 mobile 07759522286
EMAIL: george@standrewspottery.co.uk
WEBSITE: www.standrewspottery.co.uk
GY1 TEA
POT Reduction Fired. 160x120 £36
GY2.
Medium Serving Dish with lugs. Reduction Fired 200x65 £25.
GY3.Set
of 4 bowls with lugs reduction fired(4) off
145x50 £36 set
GY4.Large
Baking Dish twisted lug handles, reduction fired 260x60
£40
Stoneware
is an excellent material with which to make practical pots. It’s
hardwearing qualities when combined with reduction firing allow you to produce
very varied and individual work. It is important to remember that the pots we
use every day should be every bit as interesting and pleasant to handle as
those we keep on the shelf.
GEORGE YOUNG POTTERY
HANNAH MCANDREW
STUDIO 1,
LOCHDOUGAN HOUSE, KELTON, CASTLE
01556
680220
WEBSITE: www.thebarmpottery.yahoo.co.uk
HM1.
LARGE SCRAFFITO OAK JUG 18x14x20cm £38
HM2. SMALL SCRAFFITO OAK JUG 14x10x14cm £23
HM3. SCRAFFITO OAK BEAKER £12
HM4. SCRAFFITO OAK BEAKER £12
HM5 SLIP TRAIL
OAK TREE PLATE £65
I make
hand thrown pots for use within the home. I work in the traditional techniques
of slipware using terracotta clay and coloured slips.
I love to decorate the surface of my pots using inspiration from the fields
around me.
HANNAH MCANDREW POTTERY
HARDING & PALMER
NORTHUMBRIAN
CRAFT POTTERY
UNIT 7
0191 2160820
EMAIL.mpalmer@blueyonder.co.uk.
WEBSITE www.northumbriancraftpottery.co.uk
HP1.
Mountain vase hand thrown copper red porcelain 9x23 £50
HP2.
Mountain vase hand thrown copper red porcelain 10x26 £60
HP3.
Mountain vase hand thrown copper red porcelain 11x29
£70
HP4 Cup+ring rosebowl handthrown copper red porcelain 12x6 £40
HP5 Cup+ring rosebowl handthrown copper red porcelain 13x8 £50
HP6
Celadon jar with copper red blush hand thrown porcelain 15x20 £95
HP7
Celadon bottle with copper red blush hand thrown porcelain 15x20 £80
HP8
Celadon jar with copper red blush hand thrown porcelain 9x21 £50
HP9
Celadon bottle with copper red blush hand thrown porcelain 11x26 £60
HP10
Celadon vase with copper red blush hand thrown porcelain 17x20 £85
We have
been in business as Northumbrian craft pottery for twenty one years producing
mainly sprig ware and functional pottery all hand thrown. We have recently
however {perhaps slightly overdue} afforded ourselves time to experiment with
porcelain and produce pieces more suitable for galleries under our own names
Harding & Palmer. As we fire to high temperature with a reduction
atmosphere we felt it would be fun to play about with some rich copper red and celadons with copper blush. We hope you feel that the
results are appealing.
HARDING & PALMER POTTERY
JANET ADAM
THE ADAM
POTTERY 76
0131 557
3978
EMAIL: adampottery@1to1.org
WEBSITE: www.adampottery.co.uk
JA1.
PLATE “TALKING HEADS 1” 38x5 £85
JA2.
PLATE “TALKING HEADS 2” 35x5 £75
JA3.
INCURVING BOWL 30x12
£45
JA4.
FLARED BOWL
30x10 £45
JA5 OVAL
VASE 15x9x24 £45
Have been
making pottery in
JANET ADAM POTTERY
Some work will go on to the
Penicuik
Arts Festival 23 August – 7 September 2008
JANE BARKER
COURTIN,
BARTHOL CHAPEL, INVERURIE, ABERDEENSHIRE AB51 8TD
01651
806859
WEBSITE: http://www.scottishpotters.co.uk/profiles.php
JaB1
STONEWARE VASE 12x12x27 £35
JaB2
STONEWARE VASE 8x8x16 £18
JaB3
PORCELAIN VASE 10x10x19 £35
JaB4
PORCELAIN BOWL 20x20x10 £50
JaB5
PORCELAIN BOWL 14.5x14.5x7.5 £30
All work
is thrown, and fired to 1280c in a reducing atmosphere. Currently, I use a lot
of slip, in inlay and scraffitto. Pots are mostly
unglazed.
JANE BARKER POTTERY
JEFF BUTTRESS
SEAFIELD
COTTAGE,
01479
842328
EMAIL: carrbridgestudio@aol.com
WEBSITE: www.carrbridgestudios.com
JeB1
FRAMED CERAMIC WALLHANGING 56x2x20 £90
JeB2
FRAMED CERAMIC WALLHANGING 56x2x20 £90
JeB3.
FRAMED CERAMIC WALLHANGING 20x2x56 £90
JeB4.
FRAMED CERAMIC WALLHANGING 20x2x44 £75
JeB5.
FRAMED CERAMIC WALLHANGING 20x2x32 £60
A painter
for the last 20 years, Jeff has recently started experimenting with raku fired
ceramics. With this body of work Jeff is exploring ceramics as a 2 dimensional
medium. Jeff shares a studio and gallery with his wife Alice in the Highland
village of Carrbridge in the Cairngorms National Park
JANE KELLY
PENICUIK
POTTERY,
01968
677854
EMAIL: jane.kelly2@virgin.net
WEBSITE: www.pottery.kosmoid.net
JK1 TEAPOT STONEWARE 30x13 £45
JK2 BOWL PORCELAIN 20x8 £29
JK3. BOWL PORCELAIN 22x10 £33
JK4. SET
of 6 CUPS & SAUCERS PORCELAIN (space 40x40x10) £66
JK5. SALT
SHAKER STONEWARE 8x10 £15
I
concentrate on thrown pots: useful domestic ware plus some less usual
traditional salt shakers and butter coolers. I like variety in clay and firing
using freshly dug local clays and fine porcelain.
JANE KELLY POTTERY
Some work will go on to the
Penicuik
Arts Festival 23 August – 7 September 2008
KAREN JAMES
67
0141 639
9026
EMAIL: karenjamesceramics@hotmail.co.uk
WEBSITE: www.freewebs.com/karenjamesceramics
KJ1 LG
RECLINING FIGURE 14x14ins
£695
KJ2 THE 3
BLETHERS 12x10ins
£234
KJ3. 2 RECLINING
FLESHPOTS 12x12ins
£171
KJ4. GLEE
6ins
tall £75
KJ5. WHEE 6ins
tall £63
Female
figurative “Fleshpots” made with own recipe paper clay and enhanced with slips
and oxides. New work mounted or found driftwood
KAREN JAMES POTTERY
KIRSTY O'CONNOR
CULROSS
POTTERY & GALLERY, SANDHAVEN, CULROSS,
01316 595408 mobile 07742
747713
e-mail: kirstyoconnor@phonecoop.coop
KO1. RHEA Smoke fired
ceramic. 24x35 N.F.S.
KO2. FREA Smoke fired
ceramic. 23x33 £160
KO3. ANATHA. Smoke fired
ceramic. 22x30 £150
KO4. INANNA. Smoke fired ceramic. 15x25 £120
Mixed
media artist-maker, Kirsty O’Connor currently works in clay and paper –making
voluptuous pots and unique books. These are very different disciplines but she
approaches them in a similar way allowing the materials to dictate her
direction. The areas she is exploring
include: the great mother; female sexuality; what we are doing to the earth;
altered states and the artist as shaman.
Her smoke-fired figurative vessels are created in honour
of the great goddess and her myriad aspects as celebrated in different
cultures.
KIRSTY O’CONNOR POTTERY
KENNETH TONGE
01569
730193
EMAIL: peggyandken@hotmail.com
KT1
WALLHANGING 40x50 £140
KT2
WALLHANGING 40x50 £140
KEN TONGE WALLHANGINGS
LYLE MOAR
2
01738
813978
EMAIL lylemoar@btinternet.com
LM1. DARK
GREEN(ish) PLATE stoneware 40cm across £150
Just a retired
fund manager with a love of functional pottery
LYLE MOAR PLATE
LEN WHATLEY
CRIEFF CERAMICS.
01764654416
EMAIL: len@crieff.ceramics.co.uk
WEBSITE: www.crieff-ceramics.co.uk
LW1.
MIRROR 27cm
wide £69
LW2.
FLOWER JUG 13cm
tall £29
LW3.
FLOWER JUG 17cm
tall £39
LW4.
HEART JUG 15cm
tall £29
LW5.
HEART JUG 17cm
tall £39
This
collection is called Love Pots thrown and altered stoneware forms fired with
gas, wood & soda. Unashamedly soft, feminine &
romantic. Made collaboratively by Len & Rhoda
Whatley in Crieff. Jugs pour without dribbling & are
dishwasher safe.
LEN WHATLEY POTTERY
MAGGIE LONGSTAFF
“MURRAYFIELD”
ROSLIN GLEN, ROSLIN,
0131 440
2228
ML1.
SPRING TILE PICTURE 25x17 £80
ML2.
.SUMMER TILE PICTURE 25x17 £80
ML3 AUTUMN TILE PICTURE 25x17 £80
ML4. WINTER TILE
PICTURE 25x17 £80
ML5 PAVAROTTI TILE
PICTURE 25x17 £80
A design
first drawn on paper is transferred to a slab of clay through indentation by
retracing the drawing. The resulting clay imprint is cut up into separate
pieces in sympathy with the design. Decoration in relief is applied using clay
coils. Work is glazed in a range of artistic glazes, grouted and fired.
. 
MAGGIE
LONGSTAFF TILE PICTURES
MIRIAM REID
01698
791812
EMAIL: john.reid1@virgin.net
MR1. WALL HANGING (RAKU) 18x5x35cm £110
MR2. WALL HANGING(RAKU) 25x5x35cm £110
MR3. WALL HANGING(
RAKU) 25x5x30cm £110
MR4. WALL HANGING (RAKU) 20x5x30cm £110
MR5. WALL HANGING (RAKU) 35x5x55cm £150
These wallhangings are of landscapes and seascapes executed in
flax clay and raku fired. They have quirky driftwood frames
NEIL HALLEY
ELMSLEA,
0131 440
1860
NH1 PLANTER STONEWARE 25x12 £45
NH2 PLANTER STONEWARE 25x12 £45
NH3. PLANTER STONEWARE 25x12 £45
NH4. “PORTLY POT” STONEWARE 12x15 £30
NH5 “PORTLY POT” STONEWARE 10x11 £25
Having
spent his working life with the British Geological Survey many of Neil’s pieces
are influenced by the geology and landscape around him and his love of the
Scottish countryside. The pots exhibited reflect the colours
and textures of rocks using mixtures of red earthenware and paler, stoneware
clays.
ROGER BELL
11 HIGH
GALE,
01539432730
EMAIL: bell.roger@btinternet.com
RB1.
QUEEN BEE JIGSAW VASE wood-fired stoneware 33x6x13 £75
RB2.
QUEEN BEE JIGSAW VASE wood-fired stoneware 24x4x9
£38
RB3.
QUEEN BEE JIGSAW VASE wood-fired stoneware 17x3x7 £23.50
RB4.
ELONGATED JIGSAW VASE woodfired stoneware 33x6x13 £75
RB5.
TAPERED JIGSAW VASE woodfired stoneware
16x8x34 £42
My work
is based on variations on the jigsaw form. It is fired to stoneware
temperatures in a wood-fired kiln.
ROGER BELL POTTERY
Some work will go on to the
Penicuik
Arts Festival 23 August – 7 September 2008
RONNA ELLIOTT
01698
335578
EMAIL: ronnaelliot@hotmail.co.uk
RE1.
FIGURATIVE 12x8x23 £220
RE2.
FIGURATIVE 9x9x22 £220
RE3.
FIGURATIVE 7x8x23 £190
RE4..SCULPTURAL
16x6x14 £150
RE5. SCULPTURAL 10x8x14 £85
My work
is mainly figurative with strong narrative themes. These can sometimes stem
from literature but are often just everyday experiences. Movement and texture
play an integral part in the design
SUZANNE DAVIS
NEW FARGIE
FARM, NEW FARGIE, GLENFARG, PERTHSHIRE PH2 9QT
01577
830007
EMAIL:
sue@guellida.co.uk
SD1 VASE GLAZED under 10x26 £60
SD2 BOTTLE VESSEL,
STONEWARE under 10x26 £.60
SD3. CANDLE VESSEL, GLAZED under 10x26 £.60
SD4. VASE GLAZED under 10x26 £.60
I mainly
work with coils which are roughly smoothed to engender an organic feeling. The theme of natural forms and rhythms
influences the decoration (using oxides) especially those associated with the
sea.
SUZANNE DAVIS POTTERY
SANDRA HALLEY
ELMSLEA,
0131 440
1860
SH1.
ROCKING BOTTLE, SEMI-CIRCULAR PORCELAIN 11x10 £38
SH2. ROCKING BOTTLE, DISCUS. PORCELAIN 11x8 £38
SH3. TALL
“FABRIC WITH SCENE” PORCELAIN POT 6x15 £33
SH4. SMALL
“FABRIC WITH SCENE” PORCELAIN POT 4x9 £22
SH5.
“FABRIC WITH BUTTONS” PORCELAIN POT 4x8 £20
Sandra is
exploring the use of porcelain paperclay. She is
influenced by textures, fabrics and organic shapes and her background in
microbiology. She is at present working on a range of pieces with simple shapes
and minimal glazing.
SUSAN NUTTGENS
GARDENERS
COTTAGE, 2 PITCOX,
01368
850307 mobile07963416399
EMAILsusan@nuttgens.net
SN1. CONKER. STONEWARE
32x19 £360
SN2. CONKER. STONEWARE
23x14 £210
These
ceramic conkers are high fired and sturdy. They can
be sat upon and will withstand light frosts though it is advisable to protect from
prolonged or deep frost.
SUSAN NUTTGENS POTTERY
Some work will go on to the
Penicuik
Arts Festival 23 August – 7 September 2008
STUART ORR
WINSFORD,
01419524715
EMAIL:jcampbell@cardonald.ac.uk
SO1. CROSSING III SCULPTURE 10”x4”x24” £140
SO2.
CROSSING IV SCULPTURE
10”x4”x24” £140
SO3.
CROSSING V SCULPTURE
10”x4”x24” £140
I enjoy working with distressed clay surfaces
that are Raku or Smoke Fired combined with found objects, metal driftwood etc.
Some work will go on to the
Penicuik
Arts Festival 23 August – 7 September 2008
VERA BOHLEN
72 THE
PARK, FINDHORN, FORRES, MORAYSHIRE IV36 3TD
01309-691816
EMAIL:
verapots@yahoo.co.uk
website: www.claysongs.co.uk
VBo1. handcoiled POT stoneware, wood
fired. 22x32 £350
VBo2. handcoiled BOWL stoneware,wood fired 10x43 £350
VBo3.
BULL, raku fired, stoneware 10x10
£70
VBo4.
BIRD PINCHPOT, raku fired 10x10 £70
VBo5.
GOAT PINCHPOT, stoneware, gas
fired 10x10 £50
I am a
self employed artist in Findhorn, working from
home. My inspiration: ~Nature in
general, -animals, plants, the shapes of pebbles at the beach ~Native american pueblo pottery. I love
natural, unglazed finishes, and the unpredictable beauty of the marks left by
the fire, experimenting also with smokefirings and
raku. I make coilpots,
animal figurines, mosaics, and thrown ware. I have exhibited my work over the
last 8 years in different places in
VERA BOHLEN POTTERY
VAL BURNS
ROWANBANK,
BACK CAUSEWAY, CULROSS,
01383 880274 mobile 07946
531645
WEBSITE: http://www.scottishpotters.co.uk/profiles.php
VBu1
FROSTED
VBu2
The
solidity of ancient buildings and the patina of old stone – the play of light and
shade and the subtle effects of camouflage.
These influences are the starting point for Val’s large handbuilt pieces finished in natural slips and
microcrystalline glaze. Val’s work is
entirely contemporary and practical, despite being made in historic Culross in
VAL BURNS VASE
VERONICA NEWMAN
WESTER
GOLFORD, MOYNESS, NAIRN
1V12 5QQ
01309
691203 mobile 07941273138
EMAIL: veronica@veronicanewman.co.uk
WEBSITE: www.veronicanewman.co.uk
VN1 SMOKED VASE 12x18 £75
VN2 SMOKED VASE 12x15 £65
VN3.
SMOKED BOWL 16x9 £65
VN4. SET
of 3 ROCKING & BALANCING BOWLS with LUSTRE RING 8-17x5-9 (space 26x26) £75(set)
Hand thrown porcelain, some pieces with lustre
banding are smoked in a wood-burning stove to create random
effects. Rocking bowls are glazed on the inside only and can balance on each
other resting on the lustre ring.
VERONICA NEWMAN POTTERY
One third of the price of every piece
sold is being given to support the
The
exhibition is in the Stirling Smith’s Red Room
Scottish
Potters held their annual show here once before -in 2001
The
Red Room leads to the
…starting with a small
collection of ancient wares like those fired
recently at Cromarty by
Scottish Potters & Basketmakers.
Scottish Potters Association exhibition 2008
Some work will go on to the
Penicuik
Arts Festival 23 August – 7 September 2008
see the 2009 exhibition at the Milton of Crathes Gallery
Scottish Potters exhibition organiser:
Jane Kelly: Penicuik Pottery at Valleyfield House
17 High Street Penicuik EH26 8HS
tel: 01968 677854 email: Jane.Kelly2@virgin.net
Campaign
to revive the SCOTTISH CRAFT CENTRE