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Workbridge Ceramics (2010) |
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Workbridge Ceramics is a collective who work together to produce a wide
range of pottery. This group includes individuals with mental health
needs, learning disabilities and acquired brain injuries who are guided
by Rob Burgess, Gavin Gardner, Cheryl Roy as well as local artists and
potters. The ceramics studio exists as part of a larger charity which
offers a vocational experience pathway for its service users enabling
them to recognise and achieve their full potential.
Slip casting is the main production method (although slab building and
hand throwing play a part too) in making highly functional garden
terracotta; some utilitarian and some more decorative. Workbridge is
particularly interested in slip glaze decoration. Rob Burgess says, “The vocational and therapeutic benefits to working
with clay are innumerable. Our group of potters are given the
opportunities to develop not only their ceramics abilities but also
life skills. Being involved in a team that creates beautiful work that
the public desire, in my opinion, builds confidence and self esteem
like nothing else!”
Our studio will be open for the second two weekends of the Open Studios
event. As well as being able to explore our working studio, you will be
able to see other potters, printers and various other artists and
craftsmen at work. As participation and involvement are such important
concepts to Workbridge we extend that to the public too and in some
circumstances you will be able to ‘have a go’!
The Workbridge Coffee Shop and Garden Centre will be open during the event, with full disabled access throughout.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 05 July 2010 )
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