Pottery

The old crypt of the St Edmunds Church building is now a dedicated pottery studio.

Salisbury Arts Centre provides a number of classes for children, young people and adults in the space.
During pottery workshops participants try a range of pottery techniques including pinching, coiling and throwing on the wheel. Student's work is fired int he pottery kiln on site and then can be decorated using a variety of glazes and decorative techniques.

Pottery classes are taught by Mirka Golden-Hann and Jennie Gilbert.

For information about Pottery Classes at Salisbury Arts Centre taking place in Summer 2010 please click here.
Summer 2010 Pottery Workshops

 

Mirka Golden-Hann

Mirka graduated from the iconic Harrow ceramics course in 1999. She received ‘Best Student Award’ at the Art in Clay festival later that year and has since then exhibited her work extensively in the UK and mainland Europe. Mirka uses throwing as a main means of production and she specialises in salt glaze. In September 2009 she is planning to finish her master’s studies at Bath Spa University where she is currently developing a range of work exploring new colour possibilities within the discipline. Mirka is a published maker and an experienced pottery teacher. You can visit her website currently featuring her pre-MA work www.claystone.co.uk

Mirka's Artist Statement:
The prerequisite of learning and progressing is an open mind, everything and everyone is a potential influence.
The more I worked with clay the more I noticed that it is not just the skill that creates it is mainly the personality. My work is a reflection of myself at this point in my creative life.

Throwing, distorting and assembling is the way I create my forms. I like to mark and decorate the clay as I throw, using the wheel as a part of the decorating process. I use liquid clays (slips) on top of soft clay, because the process of integrating the decoration with the making is very important for me.

The technique of Salt firing fits very well with my work philosophy. With Salt glaze there is an element of unpredictability. The kiln itself plays a major role in the forming of the work. I like to capture the energy of freshly thrown clay; Salt firing helps me to fulfil this objective

 

Jennie Gilbert

Jennie teaches our Wednesday evening pottery class for adults. Jennie originally trained in Swansea and then undertook a short apprenticeship in the village of La Borne in France, where she started making Reduction Fired Stoneware.  In 1993, she set up her own workshop in Surrey, developing her Domestic Range of Tin Glazed blue and white chequered work and her distinctive Mishima Range. Jennie now lives and works in Salisbury. You can find out more about Jennie and her work at www.jenniegilbert.co.uk.