The National Centre of Ceramics Studies, Wales: Graduate Exhibition There’s Many a Slip Twix Cup and Lip
The exhibition ‘There’s Many a Slip Twixed Cup and Lip’ takes its cue from the Alison Britton Exhibition of the same name and explores the capacity of ceramic material and process to affect interpretation of the humble vessel form. As a collective, the show bares testimony to the poignancy of the vessel as both thematic and functional object. Work is taken from each year on the undergraduate programme demonstrating initial exploration of form and technique by students just three months into the course amidst the more honed skill base of recent graduates. The work demonstrates the rich breadth of practice surrounding the humble vessel from exploration of mass production and loss of identity to Object Orientated Ontology, from the sheer joy and rhythm of central fugal force, Raku firings, combustible materials to use of self sourced clay, glaze and environmental practices.
In spite of its familiar forms, pottery can be a surprisingly perplexing art…perhaps more readily enjoyed as a pure aesthetic expression than either Sculpture or painting…a finely proportioned pot accepted as beautiful [before or] without the disturbance of questioning its meaning ’. Professor Dr. Jeffery Jones
Oriel 2 is located o n the first floor at Craft in the Bay and p rovides a platform for current students and recent graduates o f art and design to exhibit and sell their work. Supported b y the Arts Council of Wales lottery funding.
I seek to show how important the process of creation is. I use the values of still life to demonstrate the story of objects, using symbols of skill, craft and manufacture to question the politics of ‘making’.
Charlotte Burke Level 6 (3rd yr)
Tsz Ying Fung Level 6 (3rd yr)
Ceramics can be seen as a barometer of human development where traces of life from the past can be found. The aim of my series of work, is to record the daily life around us. I sketch fragments of life and record things around us, then transfer my sketches onto porcelain in blue and white. The modern sketching applied with traditional shading techniques represents the inseparable relationship between the present and the past.
Bleddyn Lewis Level 6 (3rd yr)
Spencer Penn’s exquisite thrown porcelain and stoneware vessels are created as an exploration of functional forms. Spencer Penn Level 5 (2nd yr)
Spencer Penn Level 5 (2nd yr)
I aim to present the vessel in an unexpected way, breaking the boundaries of whether a vessel is sculptural, abstract or domestic. Allowing a theme of playfulness and primary skills to take place, to not expect perfection from ceramics, but to allow the materiality of clay to have its own life and identity. Chloe Monks Level 6 (3rd yr)
Jessica Dent Level 5 (2nd yr)
Nicholas Stenhouse Level 4 (1st yr)
Nicholas Stenhouse Level 4 (1st yr)
Ynyr Higham Level 5 (2nd yr)
Soda fired mugs without handles with porcelain slip, black slip and ball Clay slip decorations on the outside. cargocollective.com/isabellabilsteinceramics isabellabilsteinceramics.wordpress.com Isabella Bilstien Level 6 (3rd yr)
Isabella Bilstien Level 6 (3rd yr)
By focusing on essential properties of form and minimal abstract mark making, Kieran seeks a sense of natural delineation of formal values in his tableware. To find out more about his use of traditional pottery techniques to create contemporary work, click on the link below: https://kieranmcateer.wordpress.com/
Level  6  (3rd yr)
Nicholas Stenhouse Level 5 (2nd yr)
Toni De Jesus Level 4 (1st yr)
Good design is often functional, occasionally flamboyant but in all configurations its aim is to evoke an emotional reaction that is either cerebral or sensorial; arousing feelings of delight or surprise as to its function and beauty. Beauty is essential, something we need, crave and gravitate toward. Toni De Jesus
Liam Clayton Level 4 (1st yr)
Ross Giles Level 6 (3rd yr)
Ross  Giles
Adrian  Miles Level  4 (1st yr)
This work was inspired by the idea that vessels can be left with an imprint of liquid leaving a marker of memory behind. This raised questions regarding what is valuable to a user, is it the object, the material or a passing moment? ‘Losing your marbles’ explores ideas of movements and playfulness where the user gets lost in a new story a new memory Charles Conreur Level 6 (3rd yr)
Sarah Martin Level 5 (2nd yr)
Charlotte Burke Level 6 (3rd yr)
Chrisoula Konstantakos Level 6 (3rd yr)
Meg Beamish Level 5 (2nd yr) My current project aims to create tableware that enhances the eating experience by promoting a personal connection with the ceramic piece. I have formed a set of principles that I tend to use in my work. One of these is the use of found or local materials. Using local resources provides me with the opportunity to explore materials that, in the truest sense, belong to the earth and to the individual.
Adrian  Miles st
Magdel Strydom st