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John Shirley
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John Shirley: I have been working in ceramics since 1970. Having always been drawn to its translucent and ethereal qualities I worked mainly in porcelain for a number of years. My current work is in Bone China which due to its exceptional translucency seems to be the perfect material for the expression of my ideas. I employ a variety of surface treatments, including cutting and piercing as well as a combination of wax resist and soluble metallic salts, which permeate the body and create a 'watercolor' effect. I currently run a number of ceramic programmes and workshops and lecture at the University of Johannesburg on a part-time basis. I am a member of the International Academy of Ceramics and am a fellow of Ceramics Southern Africa

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Clay Club

Hands-On Pottery Workshop w/ Emily Reason- Wild Acres - Join Us! while space is still available in the Hands-on Pottery workshop *Hands-On Pottery Workshop with Emily Reason, **August 26-30, **Wild Acres Retrea...
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musing about mud

Call for entry: 2013 Clunes Ceramic Award - *Registration for the 2013 Clunes Ceramic Award is now open.*The Clunes Ceramic Award is open to all Australian ceramic artists and all ceramic art forms ...
14 hours ago
CLEMENTINA CERAMICS

KAROO PLATES IN HOUSE AND LEISURE MAGAZINE - A really great article in the latest online House and Leisure Magazine karoo plates Handmade ceramic plates that are individual works of art...
5 days ago
Ceramics Southern Africa

Ceramics and mosaic Auction - Click on image to enlarge
1 week ago
weddwould

Eglin's Marvels -
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Sofia's Dad's Pots

Bike Crashing And Lettuce Pilfering… - Things are moving right along here in the very temperate Kentucky spring. This saved my life or at least kept me from having a serious brain injury… I was ...
2 weeks ago
Pinchpots

San Francisco 2013 - [image: Self portrait - Robert Arneson][image: P1060758][image: P1060754][image: P1060765][image: Calder on the roof terrace][image: Calder interpreted by ...
4 weeks ago
EUGENE HŐN : CERAMIC ARTIST

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Contemporary Ceramics

Use of Iron March 14th to April 6th 2013 - Adam Buick ‘My work explores the human experience of landscape through a single jar form. By incorporating stone and locally dug clay into the Jars I w...
3 months ago

Links of Interest

My Website
Ceramics Southern Africa
International Academy of Ceramics
Art @ Work Today
Ann Van Hoey
Andrew Livingstone
Angela Mellor Bone China
David Schlapobersky & Felicity Potter
Lisa Firer
Gary Holt Pottery
Sasha Wardell
Critical Ceramics
Studiopottery.co.uk
pulsceramics
Oxford Ceramics

Popular Posts

Pierced Bone China Vessel

My first work in bone china was for a B Tech in Ceramic Design. This pierced bowl was made at that time. I graduated in 2003
Landscape Bowl

2007 . The decoration on this piece is inspired by the local landscape. Notice on the inside of the bowl how the soluble salts permeate the...
Latex Resist Technique

This is the first of a series of 'how-I-work' posts. Here I use rubber latex as a resist method that I apply with a squeeze bottle...
Recent Work

A selection of some of my recent work
My Casting Process

Here I am showing the casting process I use to make my Bone China vessels which are later decorated with soluble salts before being fired t...

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