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View Image Gallery Josh Redman(Full member)
Tel: +44 (0)1989780495 Email: Web: www.joshredman.co.uk
Artists Statement
Although I have a perfectionist streak, it's a strange kind of perfection that I am after. I will often discard pots because they have come out of the kiln, or off of the potter's wheel, as I expected them to. If there is no surprise, there is no need for them. I also discard pots because if they are a surprise but the 'wrong' kind of surprise. So what am I hoping for? I cannot begin to explain here.. it's my preoccupation to explain visually, and although literature is a superb discipline, I am not disciplined enough to get to the heart of the matter with words quite yet. I work across a variety of disciplines, but I mostly use ceramics. I produce functional pots, sculpture, installation, photography and writing. If you see a strange word on the bottom of my pot, it is because I have started a project that will not finish for some time, if I ever live long enough to finish at all. I am writing every word in the dictionary on the bottom of my pots. Without discretion, I will be going from A right through to Z. Current Work and Availability
Note: Josh tells me he is winding down his ceramics and moving to photography back in London shortly, so the current shows will probably be the last for a while, anyway...Large range of firing and glaze treatments with porcelain and stoneware, as well as multiple cold surfacing techniques (acrylic, oil paints etc).
Technical InformationI use an extremely wide variety of techniques, often finding success with certain techniques but not repeating them, in favour of new surprises. I mostly use porcelain and stoneware, often multiple fired, often using earthenware and stoneware glazes on the same piece. I also use papier mache, oil paints, photography and other materials. Career BackgroundI was apprenticed for two and a half years by Jeremy Sharp for a garden centre, making standard wares for the garden, kitchen and table. I then went to UWIC (Cardiff) University and got a First, making mostly experimental sculpture and installation. I am now working at Wobage Workshops making my own kind of art/pottery. |
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Contact DetailsStudio Address: Wobage Workshops, Upton Bishop, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England, HR9 7QP.View in Google Maps Telephone: +44 (0)1989780495 Mobile: 07855232693 Email: Web-site: www.joshredman.co.uk Availability: Thurday to Sunday, 10am - 5pm. Extensions of opening hours apply to special shows etc, please call just in case. Joined on: 2010-06-18 Last Updated: 2012-08-25 Work styles:
Porcelain |
