About my work
I have had a full professional life in healthcare, during which I also nurtured my interest in ceramics and gardening. More recently I completed an MA in Ceramics at UCLAN, ready for a new career!
My MA work was to make ceramics for a domestic garden setting, complementing and contrasting natural growing forms. My range now includes functional items such as water features, bird baths, lights and planters but will also serve as purely decorative focal points. By using a modular construction I offer future owners /users the option to be involved in the in the final design of some pieces by choosing the colour, shapes and order of components in a water feature or totem.
I use handbuilding techniques including plaster press moulds to make hollow forms in grogged high fired stoneware clay then create surface texture enhanced with my own range of coloured glazes. These are physically and visually strong pieces suitable for leaving outside all year.
I am inspired by curved forms of all kinds, especially those which repeat and evolve; ‘armadillo’ architecture, potato fields, carved stone drapery and ripples in water. I take my tools for a waltz on the clay, reflecting the elements of the garden: breezes, movement and growth, water and light. Soil and nurture are represented by the impressed dotted forms where my stamp has hopped on the surface. Sound is created by water cascading down a piece or the force of wind on ceramic.
My MA research involved extensive testing and retesting in order to solve the technical and artistic challenges of my brief. Ceramics is an intensely ‘hands on‘ discipline. The first blog served to document my MA journey so showcased both my practical skill and artistic development.
The website presented the opportunity for a second blog, so this will host my ceramic 'Life after UCLAN'.
The University experience also introduced some digital skills, so I can now also be found on instagram @anncapewellceramics or you can email me at ann.capewell12@gmail.com
I welcome enquiries, comments and feedback. Please feel free to get in touch!
Bacon, F. (1561–1626) Essays, Civil and Moral. Vol. III, Part 1. The Harvard Classics. New York: P.F. Collier & Son
Carroll, M. (2003) Earthly Paradises, Ancient Gardens in History and Archaeology. London: British Museum Press
Hunt, JD. (2013) The Making of Place, modern and contemporary gardens. London: Reaktion Books
Plumptre, G. (1989) Garden Ornament, Five Hundred Years of History and Practice. London: Thames and Hudson.
My MA work was to make ceramics for a domestic garden setting, complementing and contrasting natural growing forms. My range now includes functional items such as water features, bird baths, lights and planters but will also serve as purely decorative focal points. By using a modular construction I offer future owners /users the option to be involved in the in the final design of some pieces by choosing the colour, shapes and order of components in a water feature or totem.
I use handbuilding techniques including plaster press moulds to make hollow forms in grogged high fired stoneware clay then create surface texture enhanced with my own range of coloured glazes. These are physically and visually strong pieces suitable for leaving outside all year.
I am inspired by curved forms of all kinds, especially those which repeat and evolve; ‘armadillo’ architecture, potato fields, carved stone drapery and ripples in water. I take my tools for a waltz on the clay, reflecting the elements of the garden: breezes, movement and growth, water and light. Soil and nurture are represented by the impressed dotted forms where my stamp has hopped on the surface. Sound is created by water cascading down a piece or the force of wind on ceramic.
My MA research involved extensive testing and retesting in order to solve the technical and artistic challenges of my brief. Ceramics is an intensely ‘hands on‘ discipline. The first blog served to document my MA journey so showcased both my practical skill and artistic development.
The website presented the opportunity for a second blog, so this will host my ceramic 'Life after UCLAN'.
The University experience also introduced some digital skills, so I can now also be found on instagram @anncapewellceramics or you can email me at ann.capewell12@gmail.com
I welcome enquiries, comments and feedback. Please feel free to get in touch!
Bacon, F. (1561–1626) Essays, Civil and Moral. Vol. III, Part 1. The Harvard Classics. New York: P.F. Collier & Son
Carroll, M. (2003) Earthly Paradises, Ancient Gardens in History and Archaeology. London: British Museum Press
Hunt, JD. (2013) The Making of Place, modern and contemporary gardens. London: Reaktion Books
Plumptre, G. (1989) Garden Ornament, Five Hundred Years of History and Practice. London: Thames and Hudson.