John Shirley Ceramics

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John Shirley
I've been working in ceramics since 1970. I am currently working in bone china with a variety of surface treatments, including cutting and piercing and also soluble salts. 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
    Clay Olympics update and Kazegama wood ash firing invitation - As previously announced, the 2018 Clay Olympics will take place Wednesday, May 9th from 6-8 pm at The Village Potters in Asheville. Thanks to Lori Theriau...
    1 day ago
  • FADA Gallery: University of Johannesburg.
    Black Chronicles IV - *BLACK CHRONICLES IV* *Curated by Renée Mussai* *Exhibition opened on Friday 13 April, FADA Gallery, UJ Bunting Rd Campus.* *The Exhibition Run: 14 April...
    2 weeks ago
  • Contemporary Ceramics
    Northern Lights at Contemporary Ceramics Centre in April - Vessels | Gunilla Maria Åkesson | Image Dee Honeybun We head into April with our latest exhibition - *Northern Lights* which is sponsored by The Hargreave...
    1 month ago
  • Pinchpots
    Pots from the latest firing - This last firing of the Bourry Box train kiln "Skælskør Express" was just about perfect - there was not one piece that came to grief. The only two small po...
    2 months ago
  • EUGENE HŐN : CERAMIC ARTIST
    Digitally Printed Ceramic Transfers of Ballpoint pen drawings: Shards and Readymades - I am a practicing ceramic artist with a passion for drawing, hyper-realistic ballpoint pen renderings (see image left of five clawed dragon). Herein lies ...
    5 months ago
  • Ceramics Southern Africa
    Silence - an Exhibition of Ceramic Works -
    6 months ago
  • weddwould
    Queen Bitch - Last year I was asked to be Artist in Residence at the plush Sofitel in Melbourne.Two weeks in a luxury suite on the fortieth floor (or so) seemed like ...
    10 months ago
  • musing about mud
    technical tuesday: SIMON LEACH POTTERY - Peeling and fluting the trinket boxes -
    1 year ago
  • CLEMENTINA CERAMICS
    The Poetry of African Clay - SOLO - One of my finer collections of ceramics, has to be this collection of 80 pieces at my recent exhibition, The Poetry of African Clay at Ebony/Curated in Fra...
    1 year ago
  • Sofia's Dad's Pots
    6 Year Blog Anniversary and Miscellany… - Well I’m quite out of touch with the blog of late. This has been driven home by the fact that the anniversary date has come and gone and I just realized it...
    3 years 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...
  • Days of Miracle and Wonder
    So much time has passed since my last blog entry and so much has happened since then that I really need to think about where to begin! Th...
  • 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...
  • Why Soluble Salts?
    Because the metallic salts that I use for the decoration of my work are soluble they add a quality that could not be achieved with traditi...

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