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| Rachel
Wood Oxidized Stoneware |
| Artist's Statement | ||
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I
love to explore the rhythm and movement of throwing clay on a wheel,
excited by the freshness and spontaneity of the results. My personal
intuitive touch is an integral part of my pots. This is evident
by a wet hand on a soft form fresh off the wheel, through to an
individual hand or fingerprint emphasised by the glaze.
I have noticed in my most recent work, i.e. made from Spring 05, an increased directness and urgency in the physical manipulation of the clay. The marks are even more forceful and liberal, and show a hunger for making an immediate impact each piece. I see also the need to experiment and combine thrown work with literally, punched work. Could this be due to, having changed jobs, last September, working full-time in an office and, given the opportunity, the pent up creative energy just gushes out? |
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| Professional
Membership, Qualifications & Awards |
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| 2004-
Arts Council England Grants for the Arts Award 2004-PGCE Adult & FE Teacher's Certificate 2003-East Midlands Arts Board Mentoring Scheme 2001-City & Guilds 7307 Stage 1 Further and Adult Teacher's Certificate 2001-Professional member of the CPA (Craft Practitioner's Association) 2001-Member of Northern Potters Association |
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| Recent Exhibitions | ||
| 2005-Art
In Clay, Hatfield House, Hatfield, Herts 2004-Open Exhibition, Nottingham Castle 2004-'Autumn', Patchings Craft Centre, Notts 2004-Minstrels Gallery, The Beetroot Tree, 2004-Slipware, Rufford Craft Centre, Notts 2004-Exhibition with Ursula Mommens, Harlequin Gallery, London 2004-Totally Teabowls, Oakwood Gallery, Edwinstowe, Notts |
| Personal Marks | ||
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Unusually
for a British Contemporary Potter Rachel does not sign or mark her
work. She has a very distinct and unique style. However some forms,
bowls and bottles do in effect have personal marks of a finger pattern
left in the glaze whilst holding the piece during glazing. |
| Stoneware clay, vanadium pentoxide slip, and barium carbonate glaze. Work is fired in an electric kiln to 1220ºC. |
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