Artists
Alex McErlain
Freelance Studio Pottery Consultancy. Areas of specialist interest: Studio pottery, history, theory and practice. Writing about potters and studio pottery. Academic HE examination and research supervision. Exhibition curation. Film making. Collaborative practice. Tableware, salt glazing, kiln building and wood firing. Profile: Trained as a production studio potter with Ray Finch at Winchcombe pottery. Senior Lecturer…
Anthony Shaw
Founder trustee of The Anthony Shaw Collection. Area of special interest: Mainly sculptural ceramics. Profile: Collecting ceramics and other related art since 1973. Skills: Knowledge of the artists in The Anthony Shaw collection.
Ashley Howard
Areas of specialist interest: Ceramics Porcelain Print Decal Transfer Enamel Onglaze Sacred Ritual Ceremony Setting Music Placement Profile: Ashley Howard studied at Medway College of Art and Design, now University for the Creative Arts, Rochester. He built a career combining teaching with making. In 2001 Howard studied for his Masters at the Royal College of…
Ben Williams
Art Advisory Areas of specialist interest: Contemporary Ceramic Art Advisory service with particular expertise in Modern and Contemporary British, Japanese and American Studio ceramics. Authorised to sign off image reproduction rights for the estates of Hans Coper and Lucie Rie, authority in this field. Company offers curatorial services, valuations for a variety of purposes and…
David Jones
Studio Potter Exhibitions Coordinator of the Midlands Potters Association Areas of special interest: Exhibitions Studio Pottery Reduction Stoneware Porcelain Collecting Education Art and Design Profile: David Jones: Cert. Ed; MA (Education); MA (Design, Ceramics); FRSA; FNSEAD. Currently owner operator at DJCeramics, previously Deputy General Secretary to the National Society for Education in Art and Design…
David Whiting
Art critic and curator. Areas of specialist interest: Studio ceramics. Contemporary art/ craft. Profile: Art critic and writer, many publications produced including books and exhibition catalogues, many focusing on 20th century ceramics. Past Arts Council awards selector. Selector for many group exhibitions. External examiner for ceramics to several leading university courses. Member of the International…
Helen Birnbaum
Director of Treehouse Gallery, Skelmersdale, Lancashire and Ceramic artist Areas of specialist interest: Sculptural ceramics Ceramic sculpture with scientific and social emphasis Profile: “What I love about clay is that it makes my ideas concrete. By exploring scientific ideas and mythologies I explore different aspects of our modern lives, and challenge our perception of the…
Helen Brown
Independent curator/ museum consultant. Areas of specialist interest: British Studio ceramics Winchcombe pottery (Michael Cardew, Ray Finch and others who worked at the pottery) and other Gloucestershire/Wiltshire potteries (Taena, Prinknash, Crickade). Curated exhibitions including: – First retrospective of Winchcombe Pottery, Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, 1998. – Michael Cardew, the Winchcombe Years, Court Barn, Chipping…
Helen Walsh
Curator of ceramics. Areas of specialist interest: British studio ceramics of the 20th and 21st centuries. Collectors and collecting. York Museums Trust’s collections of British studio ceramics. WA Ismay. Dean Eric Milner-White. Curating British studio ceramics. Profile: I have a background in crafts and have worked in the museums sector since 2001. I’ve been the…
Janet Barnes CBE
Consultant Areas of specialist interest: Public Galleries and Museums Profile: I am an experienced gallery and museum professional having worked in both the public and charity sectors for 39 years. Although I have worked in Sheffield, London and York I have always lived in Sheffield where I was born and educated. From 2002 to 2015…