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Out of America
An exhibition of ceramics and original photographs
5th September - 27th September 2009
Stuart Dickens, Ceramics Curator explains, "The Gallery at Bevere takes pride in the imaginative programming of its monthly exhibitions and the hope that throughout the year our visitors will see new ceramicists and those they have not seen for some time. September is the month when we try to organize a special show including makers of exceptional interest and quality.
"The American ceramic scene is one that has interested us for some time and we are delighted to be able to show the work of three New England potters - one from Connecticut and two from Massachusetts - who have not exhibited in the UK before.
"The pervading influence of Bernard Leach was also felt in the USA however there has always been the feeling that America has been more prepared to embrace new directions - indeed Ruth Duckworth, who emigrated from the UK, believes that she could not have developed as a ceramicist/sculptor anywhere else but the USA."
Thomas Hoadley is based in Lennox, Massachusetts and he creates breathtaking porcelain vessels using the ancient technique of nerikomi, creating patterns with colored clay. Through a masterful, sometimes magical manipulation of the clays, delicate, organic, and often complex patterns are created. His award winning bowls are works of beauty and mystery. This technique is not seen often and this is an important opportunity to see the work of a true master.
Sam Taylor has a pottery in Westhampton, Massachusetts. He makes woodfired stoneware pottery which is functional and decorative. Sam makes everything on a Leach or treadle style wheel. He particularly likes to throw pots and then alter them, using a knife to cut facets or a paddle to change the form. He is particularly exhilarated by the wood firing process with, as he puts it 'a flame sometimes as long as 40' long flowing through the kiln like a river overflowing its banks.' The results are never the same.
Hayne Bayless established his pottery in Ivoryton, Connecticut in 1990. His work is hand built stoneware or porcelain, reduction-fired mainly, using slab techniques and extruded elements, some with added handles and stems of metal or hand-carved hardwood. He says that his pots are not so much about harmony, although that does happen, but more about tension. He loves what spawns in the friction between what he wants the material to do and what it would rather do. There is a strong use of colour and colour contrast and his designs have a quirky quality - not for nothing is his pottery called The Sideways Studio.
This is a chance to see pots that will stimulate and excite. These three potters with contrasting styles and approaches will be of interest both to the ceramic enthusiasts and those that simply like beautiful objects.
Photographs from Death Valley by Worcester photographer Ewen Merry
Ewen lives in Herefordshire and started taking a serious interest in photography a few years ago. Preferring film to digital, he processes and prints all his own monochrome images in a conventional wet darkroom.
His primary interest is in landscape photography and loves the Scottish and Welsh landscape and is often drawn back to Dartmoor in Devon where he grew up.
Having developed the ability to 'see' in black and white over the last few years, he has been pleased recently with the results from colour transparency film. This exhibition is an exciting and evocative selection of colour prints from his recent trip to Death Valley in the USA.
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Open 10.30am - 5pm Tuesday - Sunday Café closes at 4pm
"The Gallery at Bevere on the outskirts of Worcester shows the best of modern/British studio ceramics, along with paintings, glasswork and other crafts in an intimate setting. A regional gallery showing national and international artists!" - David Whiting, Crafts Critic
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