You are invited to attend the launch of:

Porcelain - A Capricious Beauty

on Saturday 7th October from 11am - 2pm
Stroll around the exhibition, join us for light refreshments and chat to the makers.
Ceramics by Chris Keenan, Joanna Howells, Jack Doherty and paintings by Chris Howells
Exhibition continues till 25^th November
Opening Hours 10.30am - 5pm. Tuesday - Saturday or by appointment.

---

Ceramics and Art Exhibition
Sat 4^th Nov - Sat 25^th Nov 2006

"Porcelain - A Capricious Beauty" by
Chris Keenan, Jack Doherty and Joanna Howells

Named after its resemblance to the Venus' shell ('porcella' in old Italian) porcelain is highly prized as a medium for table and decorative wares because of its toughness, low permeability fineness and translucent quality. This exhibition at The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester brings together three remarkable masters of the challenging art of turning clay, water and fire into porcelain objects - Chris Keenan, Jack Doherty and Joanna Howells.

A new collection by Chris Howells - FRUIT - Striking oil paintings treating a still life subject in a traditional style with an intricate modern twist.

All Chris Keenan's work is thrown Limoges porcelain, glazed using combinations of tenmoku and a deep celadon, and then reduction-fired in a gas kiln to 1280°C. Chris is a member of the Craft Potters Association and of Contemporary Applied Arts.

Jack Doherty's forms are either thrown or slab-built with surfaces which are pierced, stretched, carved and ribbed. He uses combinations of coloured clays which react differently in the kiln, giving subtle changes of colour and texture. His pots are functional but they are also decorative and can be hung on walls; taken down and used.

Joanna Howells chooses to work in porcelain for its tactile and visual qualities, the way it allows itself to be thrown then deformed and textured while still plastic.

---

• Exhibition launch photo call in The Gallery: Thursday, 3^rd November (TBC)
• Next exhibition: 2^nd - 30^th December - "Raku - The Spirit of Fire" - Tim Andrews, Emma Johnstone and Tim Andrews

---

7th June - 29th June 2008	Henri Matisse at The Gallery - An exhibition of Henri Matisse Original Lithographs
5th April - 1st June 2008	The Art Of Dining - An exhibition of Paintings and Ceramics
1st March - 30th March 2008	From The Same Earth - An exhibition of Pastel Paintings and Ceramics
12th January - 24th February 2008	The Graduate Show - update
12th January - 24th February 2008	The Graduate Show - Work by 17 of the best graduates from 2007 in ceramics and glass
1st December - 30th December 2007	Full Circle - Greece and Bevere - an exhibition of original paintings by Christopher Hughes
3rd November - 25th November 2007	Individual Voices - an exhibition of Ceramics and Paintings
6th October - 28th October 2007	Tradition and Talent - an exhibition of Ceramics and Paintings
1st September - 29th September 2007	Peninsula Exhibition - an exhibition of Ceramics and Paintings
4th August - 25th August 2007	Exploring new boundaries - an exhibition of Ceramics and Paintings
1st July - 28th July 2007	If you go down to the woods today......
2nd June - 28th July 2007	The Craft Potters Association at fifty - a veritable who's who and A-Z of style, technique and expression
5th May - 26th May 2007	"New Pots" solo exhibition featuring stoneware pottery by Phil Rogers
7th April - 28th April 2007	"Spring Surprises - New Vessels" featuring John Jelfs with Claudia Lis and Françoise Dufayard
3rd March - 31st March 2007	"Figures, Objects, Abstracts" featuring John Higgins, Jude Jelfs and Christy Keeney
3rd Feb - 24th Feb 2007	"Difference and Diversity in Clay" by Bethan Lloyd Worthington, Clare Crouchman, Ninna Gøtzsche, Annabel Faraday and James and Tilla Waters
6th Jan - 22nd Jan 2007	"New Faces, New Work" by 2005 Degree Show potters from Harrow and Wolverhampton Schools of Ceramics
2nd Dec - 30th Dec 2006	"Raku - The Spirit in the Fire" works by Tim Andrews, David Jones and Emma Johnstone
4th Nov - 25th Nov 2006	Porcelain - A Capricious Beauty" by Chris Keenan, Jack Doherty and Joanna Howells
7th Oct - 28th Oct 2006	An exhibition of Ceramics by Emma Rodgers and Tina Vlassopulos
2nd Sept - 30th Sept 2006	"Now and Then" by Jitka Palmer and Earthenware, Stoneware and Porcelain by Roger Lewis
5th Aug - 26th Aug 2006	"Ceramics by Two Potters"
1st July - 29th July 2006	Solo ceramics exhibition by Paul Jackson.
3rd June - 24th June 2006	Ceramics and Art Exhibition - Featuring slipware pottery by Clive Bowen and Michael Eden.
5th May - 27th May 2006	Ceramics Exhibition - Featuring the works of Jane Hamlyn, John Pollex and Gilda Westermann