Located close to the South Coast in Sompting, West Sussex, we are a
husband and wife team.
We formed the Robert James Studio in 1997.
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Mary E Kershaw: Profile
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Sculptor and artist, working with clay since 1994, with the background
of working as a professional portrait artist since 1980.
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Whilst continuing with painting, the emphasis is on combining artistic
skills with ceramic media, creating sculptural ceramics which are mainly
in stoneware with porcelain, as well as some work in terracotta.
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Since 1999, I have been providing private tuition in ceramic sculpture,
modelling and hand-building; also in drawing and painting.
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Apart from selling my work directly to the public, both from our studio
and at ceramics events and exhibitions, I have fulfilled a number of commissions.
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My work has also been sold through various galleries. Please contact
me for details of current availability from the studio and in galleries.
- Publication: images of my work
are featured in Lark Books 500-series:
- 500 Figures in Clay - Ceramic Artists
Celebrate the Human Form
- 500 Animals in Clay - Contemporary
Expressions of the Animal Form
- With my display of work I achieved
2nd place in the Valentine Clays award for the best appointed exhibitor
stand at ClayArt Wales 2007.
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My work was mentioned in a BBC Radio4 Woman's Hour broadcast (Cutting
Edge Ceramics, recorded at Potfest-in-the-Park 2007)
- 'Ceramics: Art and Perception
' - Issue #76 (2009) - an in-depth illustrated opinion article by Julie-Anne
Ure: "The Work of Mary Kershaw - Of Ancient Altars and Alchemy"
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Bob Kershaw: Profile
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Originally worked in a supporting role as technician, glaze chemist
and administrator/facilitator.
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Subsequently developed wheel-throwing skills, producing both functional
and ornamental/decorative studio pottery in stoneware and porcelain.
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I continue to develop and produce the glazes used in our studio.
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Since 1999 I have assisted in the provision of tuition, and now also
offer tuition in throwing.
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Apart from selling my work directly to the public, both from our studio
and at ceramics events and exhibitions, I have fulfilled a variety of commissions.
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My work has also been sold through various galleries.
Please contact me for details of current availability from the studio
and in galleries.
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Commissions
are invited for all aspects of our work. |
