Judith Brown - Ceramic Showcase
Saturday 2nd August –End of October 2008
"An atmospheric and alluring collection of subtle ceramics, one show not to miss this year!"
Judith Davies studied painting and illustration at Manchester Polytechnic gaining a B.A. in Illustration in 1978. She then worked as a freelance illustrator and as a mural painter and specialist in trompe l'oeill paint effects. Studying at Goldsmiths in 1992 she gained a distinction in Ceramics as a Postgraduate student.
Judith Brown
Judith Brown
Judith Brown
Her work is concerned primarily with two things; with the metaphysical connection of the vessel to the body and with the journey of the firing and the effects of what takes place inside the kiln transforming the pieces in the process. Judith initially slowly coils the ceramics from porcelain and then thins and stretches as she builds. She makes forms that are curved, that swell and stretch and show subtle undulations and turns, reflecting the form of the body. The resulting body of work is a collection of beautifully subtle forms that have wonderful markings and tantalising hues of colours.
Judith's work is fired in a saggar (a closed box) in a gas kiln, to which she then places oxides, salt, and copper around the ceramic pieces. As the material burns it fumes the work, marrying together the form and the surface to create an effect that gives an atmospheric feel to each piece. The surfaces appear layered with fumed colours and markings creating mesmerising effects.
