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About Patricia Shone I have been experimenting with ways of achieving textures and colours in the clay and have been trying to introduce into the work a stronger connection with the land which nurtures it. I have always been a hand builder, coiling my pots, scraping the surfaces and applying slips to achieve textures and colours. Most of the work of the last 10 years has been raku fired. To satisfy the functional potter in me I have been producing a small range of cast and hand painted earthenware (Isle of Skye Ceramics) which I am continuing to develop by learning to throw. For a long time I have wanted to combine the non functional work with the functional and to be able to fire to higher temperatures to produce stronger, more durable results. With no more room in the workshop for a new kiln I have built a small wood fired kiln outside. www.skyewoodfire.blogspot.com I fire this with off cuts from the local sawmill which, combined with the effects of the weather on the firing process will give the work the connection with the land that I was looking for. I’m now developing this new work which will function as tableware but will also explore the strong elemental character of clay and its transformation by fire into ceramic. Raku Firing Raku firing is fast with an element of the unpredictable in it. The weather plays a large part in the progress of the firing and the subsequent reduction/smoking. The pots are bisque fired to 1050°C in an electric kiln and glaze fired in a homemade gas kiln to about 1000°C. At this temperature the pots are removed from the kiln and placed in a metal dustbin with mixtures of sawdust, seaweed, peat and paper. With the lid on this produces a reducing atmosphere that alters the glaze and surface of the pots.
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| Artist: | Patricia Shone | |
| Born: | 1962, Greenock | |
| Studied: | 1982-1985 Central School of Art, London | |
| 2009 | 28 Nov - 30 Jan | Inchmore Gallery, new work from the wood fired kiln |
| 28 Feb - 19 March | Scottish Potters Association Exhibition, Milton of Crathes Gallery | |
| 2008 | A year of discovering where I want my work to go. An inspirational master class with Shozo Michikawa at West Dean College. Learning to throw. Finding a small self build wood fired kiln in the Czech Republic and bringing it home. | |
| 2007 | Dec 2007 - Jan 2008 | Analach Inspirational - Scottish Parliament Applied arts inspired by the Highlands and Islands. As part of the celebrations to mark Highland 2007, Scotland’s year of Highland culture, an exhibition to showcase Highland makers |
| July - September | 'Fosgailte/Exposed' Armadale Castle Gardens, Isle of Skye An exhibition of installations and sculptures by local artists set in the coastal gardens of Armadale Castle. Part of Feis an Eilein / the Skye Festival this event, curated by Patricia Shone and Kim Bramley highlights local visual art during the year Scotland celebrates highland culture. |
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| August | 'Feat of Clay' - The Strathearn Gallery Scottish Potters Associated selected exhibition |
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| July | Featured Artist - Just Art, Fochabers New work of oxidised earthenware, developed from last year's installation exhibition. |
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| June | Inaugural exhibition - Inchmore Gallery Raku fired work |
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| 2006 | Nov - Jan | 'Gifted' |
| June - July | Solo exhibition: Path: towards the Iron Well A clay installation at the An Tuireann Arts Centre, Portree, Isle of Skye |
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| April | Commission of award piece for Skye Food Link Awards | |
| 2005 | August | Featured artist, Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington, Lothian |
| July | Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie, SPA Summer exhibition | |
| June | Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen - Summer show | |
| 2004 | December | Featured maker - An Tuireann Art Centre, Portree |
| June | Exhibition featured artist - Just Art, Fochabers, Moray. Exhibition Summer show - Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen. |
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| 2003 | October | Exhibition, autumn show - The Green Gallery, Aberfoyle Exhibition, featured artist - Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen |
| April | Winner Talisker prize for the applied arts, Skye & Lochalsh open | |
| 2002 | October | Exhibition, autumn show - The Green Gallery, Aberfoyle. |
| 2001 | June | Featured maker - An Tuireann Arts Centre, Portree, Skye. |
| 1998 | Built an oil-drum kiln, started playing with clay again and exploring raku firing methods. Set up Isle of Skye Ceramics making hand cast and hand painted earthenware. |
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| 1995 | Moved to the Isle of Skye. | |