Check out all the details here at: https://www.yorkopenstudios.co.uk/artist/pamela-thorby I am so excited to have my hand built porcelain work in this year’s York Open Studios! This was another one of the goals that I set myself and here we are in my second year as a ceramist and I’m working towards a major body of work for this fantastic event in April. I’ll be showing my work from my studio own studio and on the event map I am VENUE […]
Glaze testing, throwing in stoneware and earthenware clays: So over the winter I’ve been on my wheel working hard to up my skills as a thrower and to learn as much as I can about the enormous subject of glazing. I’ve been over to Hebden Bridge to learn more clay skills from Edyn at Old Stables Studios – everything from sticking a batt down to loading the pugmill, weighing, sieving and mixing glaze combinations. I plucked up the courage to […]
Winter exhibition at Crayke Gallery: I’ve been visiting this lovely gallery for some years and made it one of my aims to one day have my own work in their gorgeous space. I was delighted to be included in their recent ‘Shades of Clay’exhibition.
Thrilled to show and sell my latest work in this gorgeous Yorkshire coastal village. Double form evoking coral. The pinched out porcelain allows each edge and surface to light up. The cottages of Staithes provide a perfect backdrop for all kind of artists’ work.One of a series of new ‘tulip’ shape forms. This one with copper oxide and transparent glaze decoration was hard to say goodbye to!
https://www.facebook.com/StaithesFestivalOfArtsHeritage/The rain is pouring down but all my new porcelain pieces are carefully packed and ready to take over to venue 68 near the top of the village for tonight’s preview at 7pm. Then all weekend from 10-5.30pm. Having fun playing around with images of latest bell forms with copper oxide decoration.
Next show is imminent and I’m busy finishing work for this fantastic Festival of Arts in the beautiful coastal town of Staithes, North Yorkshire. Come and visit me at the Photographer’s House, 2 Brown’s Terrace where I will be showing my latest work (7th-8th September) Staithes Arts Festival 2019
My first ever large show – Potfest Scotland, Scone Palace. Came away inspired and heartened after a very encouraging response to my porcelain sculptural pieces. Most of the small and medium pieces were sold and the very large hemispherical bowl drew much positive attention. Many questions about how they were made, how did I get them so thin and how the heck did I transport them safely.
Here in York I have been lucky enough to find two very different but outstanding photographers – Jim Poyner (https://www.jimpoyner.com/portraits) and Karen Turner – to take publicity images for my past recording and concert projects. Most recently I asked Karen to work her magic in creating a set of images for my new website: https://www.karenturner.co.uk/blog/index.php/2019/02/pamela-thorby-artist/