I've posted this because I have admired Sasha's work for a long time. I was first introduced to her work by the technician (John Newton)whilst at art college in Plymouth. Sasha's use of simple forms combined with elegent and subtle colours and decoration have captured my imagination and inspired a whole range of my own work. She is without doubt a true master of her art.
Artist statement
Concepts
Sasha Wardell has been working in bone china since 1982 and, even with all its idiosyncrasies, it has remained her favourite material. Possessing qualities of intense whiteness, translucency and strength make it a very seductive, yet challenging, clay to work with. Architectural detail and sections of structures, combined with an interest in illusions, provide the starting point for the work whilst the inherent qualities of the clay do the rest....its whiteness offers a pure blank canvas for the application of colour whilst its translucency enhances any varying degrees of luminosity. At present, she is producing a variety of vases, bowls and wall lights, each of which are individually decorated.
Influences
interest in processes and materials plus architectural structures.
Career path
Since 1982 Has widely exhibited and lectured both nationally and internationally .
1980 Industrial training at Royal Doulton (Design Studio), Stoke on Trent
1979-81 MA. in Ceramic Design at North Staffordshire Polytechnic, Stoke on Trent
1978 Studied Industrial Ceramics at Ecole Nationale des Arts Decoratifs, Limoges, France
1976-79 BA Hons in Ceramics at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, Wilts
Solo exhibitions
2001 Marianne Brand Gallery, Carouge, Biennial, Switzerland
1999 Contemporary Ceramics Gallery, London
Group exhibitions
2002 Antiques of The Future, Galerie Fusion, Toulouse, France, touring to Fishbourne and Exeter
2001 Wohnen und Kunst, Hamburg, Germany
2001 Expanding our Views, Loes and Reinier Gallery, Seventer, Holland
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