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penny.fowler@macunlimited.net 84 Middleton Road, Hackney, London E8 4LN 020 7254 2707 The studio can be visited by appointment. |
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Penny Fowler |
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Artist's StatementI use porcelain and bone china clays. I make moulds in which I cast my forms which enables me to make very thin fine forms, often using layers or inlays of different coloured slips. The forms are then hand carved and then finely sanded to achieve a natural smooth "pebble" like quality. I often make forms that link together as pairs.My aim is to explore the subtlety of the hollow form in which the the function is secondary to the form. My interest in bone china is to create carved forms with variable areas of translucency, exploring the possibilities of light and shade, sometimes incorporating opaque areas with additional colour. I do not see my work as primarily functional, rather than as pieces in their own right which enhance the interior in which they are placed and as pieces in which form and decoration become fused. Inspiration is always from life and drawn from a wide variety of sources including people, architectural features, objects in museums, and natural forms. My work arises from abstracting, developing and combining different aspects of the natural and the man-made world.
EducationBA Ceramics - Central School of Art, LondonPostgraduate Diploma in Ceramics - Goldsmiths College, London Professional AssociationsProfessional member of the Craft Potters AssociationFounder Member of Broadway Ceramics Gallery, Hackney London Potters PublicationsWork has appeared in the following publications
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Events, Outlets and Exhibitions |
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Future EventsCrafts Fair at Bovey Tracey, Devon, June 2008Leeds City Art Gallery, Showcase, July 2008 Selected Exhibitions1994 XIVe Biennale. Internationale De Ceramique D'Art, Vallauris1998 Alpha House Gallery, Sherbourne, Dorset 1999 Geffrye Museum, 'Best of Hackney' 1998-2005 Broadway Ceramics Hackney, London 2000 Canary Wharf, Showcase Exhibition 2000 Woodlands Art Gallery Greenwich. Four Play - Four rooms - Four Artists 2001 Showcase exhibition, CPA Contemporary Ceramics Gallery, London 2002 Wedding Showcase, Beatrice Royal, Eastleigh, Hampshire 2002 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London 2003 Ceramics in the City, Geffrye Museum, London 2003 Oxford Studio Ceramics, St Edwards School, Oxford 2004 Morton Contemporary Art, Pimlico, London 2004 Artspace, Barn galleries, Aston, Henley on Thames 2004 Earth and Fire, Rufford Crafts Centre, Rufford, Notts 2004 Ceramics in the City, Geffrye Museum 2004 Hidden Art Revealed, Geffrye Museum, London 2004-5 Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, Showcase exhibition 2005 Bluecoats Display Centre, Liverpool, Window exhibition 2005 Ceramics in the City, Geffrye Museum 2005 Zetter Restaurant, London Design Show, Clerkenwell 2005-6 Anvari Art, Putney 2006 CabotSquareShowcase 2006 Earth and Fire - Rufford Craft Centre 2006 Window Exhibition, Eton Applied Arts 2006 Ceramics in the City - Geffryre Museum 2006 London Potters Morley exchibition 2006 Contemporary Ceramics Christmas Show - 'Gifted' 2007 'Objects of Desire', Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham 2007 Anvari Arts at Air Gallery, Dover Street, WC1 2007 'CPA at 50', The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester 2007 'Porcelain,' St Josephs Galerie, Leewwarden, The Netherlands 2007 Ceramics in the City, Geffrye Museum, London OutletsContemporary Ceramics, LondonEton Applied Arts, Eton, Berkshire Leigh Gallery, Hastings Bluecoats Display Centre, Liverpool Chase Gallery, Wadebridge, Cornwall Figura Fine Art, Windsor St Joseph Galerie, Leewarden, The Ntherlands Own studio by appointment Linksruffordcraftcentre.org.ukbroadwayceramics.com londonpotters.com anvariart.com | |