Leeds Craft Centre & Design Gallery / Sara Moorhouse

'Sara Moorhouse' Ceramic Showcase

Saturday 1st May - 31st July 2010


A Fantastic display of vibrant ceramics to inspire and delight those viewing this wonderful collection
Education 2006 – 2010 UWIC School of Art and Design, Cardiff: PhD Ceramics, near completion. 2003 – 2004 UWIC School of Art and Design, Cardiff: MA Ceramics 1996 – 1997 University of Exeter: Post Graduate Certificate in Art and Design Education 1993 – 1996 University of Wolverhampton: BA Hons Illustration Selected Exhibitions 2008 Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin, North Wales 2006 Contemporary Applied Arts, London 2005 Chelsea Crafts Fair, London 2005 The 3rd World Ceramic Biennale – Korea 2005 University of Glamorgan Purchase Prize Exhibition, Pontypridd 2004 Howrad Gardens Gallery, UWIC, Cardiff Awards 2009First prize in the category ‘Vessel, Form, Décor’ for the Ceramics for Europe Westerwald Prize 2009, Germany 2006 People’s Choice Award, National Eisteddfod of Wales, Swansea 2006 Welsh Artist of the Year Award for the Applied Arts 2005 First Time Exhibitor Award, Chelsea Crafts Fair 2005 WAI Ceramic Biennale 2005 Exhibition, Korea 2005 Award from Arts Council of Wales for school/community project.		Sara, originally from Worksop in Nottinghamshire, makes vessels with vivid colours and linear decoration. Having always been interested in landscapes, a tutor suggested she translate her interest in colour, texture and light onto bowls. She began using the bowls as metaphorical landscapes, using lines of colour in different thickness to convey physical features, evoking feelings experienced when studying the landscape. The manipulation of line and pure colour are key themes in her work. She plays colours off each other to create an intensity of feeling, emulating David Hockney’s paintings by using colour to draw the viewer physically into the vessel. Technical Information The pieces are hand thrown and turned. The movement of the wheel is often reflected in the asymmetrical form. The lines are applied by returning the bisque fired bowl to the wheel and painted with ceramic colour by hand. A matt glaze is then applied to stabilise the coloured surface.