helen@helenrondell.co.uk
www.helenrondell.co.uk
Helen has drawn inspiration for her work from a variety of areas. During her travels in Southwestern United States she visited a number of Pueblo Potteries in New Mexico, and was especially taken by the shapes and designs produced by Martina Martinez and her descendants - particularly Native American wedding vases.
"I wanted to capture the quality of their style, handmade pieces giving the impression of something quite precious but without being highly glazed."
Helen's early work emulated the 'black-on-black' style favoured by the Pueblo potters, however closer to home she found the weathered textures on pebbles led her to experiment further with the naked Raku technique perfected by ceramic artists such as David Roberts and Tim Andrews.
Helen has been working with resist slips for a number of years, hand building all her designs using coiling, pinching and then utilising her own press moulds. She lightly burnishes all her work giving a matt finish that is reminiscent of the pebbles found on the beach. She also adds detailed textural or line designs to emphasise the various forms in her work.
Helen's work is currently held in private collections in China, Canada, USA and all over Europe.
Qualifications
BA(Hons) Ceramics - Staffordshire University (1995)
Memberships
London Potters
Exhibitions/Shows
2005 Potfest in the Park - Penrith, Cumbria
2005 Ceramics South East - Aylesford, Kent
2005 Potfest Peak - Bakewell, Derbyshire
2005 Potfest Scotland - Perth, Perthshire
2005 British Craft Trade Fair - Harrogate, Yorkshire
2005 International Pottery & Ceramics Festival - St. Albans, Hertfordshire
2004 London Potters Annual Open Exhibition, Morley Gallery, London
2004 'EMPTY' - An Tuireann Arts Centre, Portree, Isle of Skye
2004 'London Potters Selected' - Brian Starkey Gallery, Sutton
2004 Potfest South West, Frome, Somerset
2004 Solo Exhibition, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
2004 'Art in Clay' (10th National Pottery & Ceramics Festival) Hatfield House, Hertfordshire
2004 Potfest in the Park, Penrith, Cumbria
2004 Potfest Scotland, Perth, Perthshire
2004 Clay Art, Denbigh, Wales
2004 Guest Potter, POTTERS Bristol
2003 London Potters Annual Open Exhibition, Morley Gallery, London
2003 'Art in Clay' (9th National Pottery & Ceramics Festival) Hatfield House, Hertfordshire
2002 London Potters Annual Open Exhibition - Morley Gallery, London
2002 'Art in Clay' (8th National Pottery & Ceramics Festival) Hatfield House, Hertfordshire
2002 'Back to the Rock' (London Potters Selected) Wellbeloved Gallery, Portland, Dorset
2002 Summer Exhibition at Dovedale Studios, Faversham, Kent
2002 Group Exhibition - Bank Gallery, Chobham, Surrey
2001 'London Potters Selected' - Artmonsky Gallery, London
Awards
2004 'Most inventive use of materials' at the Open London Potters exhibition.
2002 'Best hand-built piece' at the Open London Potters exhibition.
Current Galleries/Outlets
Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
Paddon and Paddon, Eastbourne
The Wonderwall Gallery, Cirencester
Start Gallery, Brighton
Focus Gallery, Nottingham
Buckenham Galleries, Southwold
Images
All pieces are sculptural and decorative, coiled and pinched and press moulded, lightly burnished and raku fired.
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