Rowans Gallery
Brackley NN13 7AB
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5th July 2009
Call for entries - Emerging Artists Exhibition
Profile: I trained originally as a Drama Teacher but had my first experience with clay on a wet day in Cornwall, when I was introduced to the wheel by Michal Truscott, who had been trained by Bernard Leech at his world famous St Ives Pottery. Some years later I rediscovered clay at the Sir John Cass School of Art, at Whitechapel, in the East End of London. It was to have been a one off Saturday morning class; however I stayed all day with the teacher, Beryl Harman, and worked with her, as a technical assistant and trainee Potter.
Later, Boyd Parker and Sarah Perry who both taught at Elmwood Pottery in South London, were major influences on my development. Sarah, who now works in Greenwich in South London, is still an inspiration to me. Later I built and set up my own Pottery in Brentford and taught in South London at a Girls Remand Home and at The Lambeth Institute. I was invited to contribute to two exhibitions at the prestigious Dulwich Picture Gallery alongside Lucie Rie and other well established Potters.
In 1986 I gave up teaching and returned to my early roots, setting up a West End Theatrical Agency. I retired from the Agency in November 2007 and since then have been creating the current Pottery in Wendover with Godfrey Thorpe. The Wheel started to turn again on January 1st 2009! I work in high fired stoneware, to a maturing temperature of 1280°C. Natural forms and landscapes influence my work. I enjoy both the various hand building techniques and wheel throwing. My creations rely principally on shape, form and glaze-effects for the finished piece.
Contact information:
Email: jeremy@jeremywhiteceramics.co.uk
Website: www.jeremywhiteceramics.co.uk