shelley davies | artist

Ceramics

Recent ceramics continue to indulge a love of pattern through richly hand-decorated slipware. In addition to the painted work, this year I’ve also focused attention on developing inlaid eathenware pieces, in which relief pattern is impressed into clay and inlaid with liquid clay, before being turned into plates and pots. And for a lovely antidote to all that close concentration, I have also begun to explore the fiery, smoke-filled world of Raku ceramics…

New Ceramic work, on show and for sale:

North Bristol Arts Trail (www.northbristolartists.org.uk)

Art Presence, Centrespace Gallery, Bristol

Christmas Show, Nails Gallery, Bristol

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Slipware plate, scraffitto decorated

Deckle-edged pot: cream slip, scraffitto

Deckle-edged pot with eyes: slip, scraffitto

Blue bowl: resist slip patterning

Blue leaves: slip decorated bowl

Detail, large spiral bowl: resist slip decorated

Spiral leaves: resist, scraffitto, slip decorated

Unglazed bowl and stand: resist, slip decorated

Autumn bowl and plate: resist, slip decorated

Large spiral bowl: resist, slip decorated

Detail, plate: resist, slip decorated

Blue pots, slip decorated

My favourite vase

Blue leaves deckle-edged pot: slip, scraffitto decorated

Turquoise plate: slip, scraffitto decorated