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Nic Harrison's work at a recent
Crowan
Crafts
Exhibition |
Nic Harrison
Stoneware and Porcelain Ceramics |
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Nic
moved to Cornwall with his wife Jackie in 1975, and following his
studies in Studio Pottery at Cornwall College, was invited by Janet
Leach to join the Leach Pottery in St Ives.
He was the last student to be a part of the
production team at St Ives, and worked with Trevor Corser and Jason Wason.
Under
the leadership of Janet Leach, his time at The Leach Pottery was a
formative period in his career, and he had the opportunity of making
his own individually designed pots to sell through the showroom and
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Trelowarren Pottery
In 1981,
he converted a stable and set up his own pottery on the Trelowarren Estate, near Helston, the historic home of the Vyvyan
family. He designed and built his own 50cubic foot kiln, which is
reduction fired to 1285’C with propane gas.
Late in
2005 he moved from Trelowarren to Nic Harrison Ceramics, in
Helston, where he continues to produce an extensive range of domestic
kitchenware and individually designed stoneware and porcelain pottery,
thrown on an electric ‘Alsager’ wheel.
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Dish
Stoneware clay
Tenmoku glaze
26cm diameter. |
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Bottle Vase
Stoneware
Tenmoku Glaze
13.5cm high. |
Much of Nic’s work is made in the locally produced, West Country
stoneware clay. The glazes used on the surface of the biscuit fired pot
are all considered to be traditional glazes of The Leach Pottery. Celadon,
a sage green, a black to rust Tenmoku and Ying Ching a grey Celadon.
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Bowl
Celadon
glaze with iron and Copper brushwork
18cm diameter
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Decoration is achieved by applying oxides of Cobalt, Iron, Copper or
Manganese to the glaze surface. This characteristically produces a soft
indefinite line.
Nic is
concentrating on making a number of pots in a locally produced Porcelain
clay.
He has found this to be quite a challenge.
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Yunomi
Porcelain
Softly beaten sides with scraffito decoration.
Ying Ching Glaze and Copper and Iron brushwork.
9.5 cm high |
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Bottle Vase
Porcelain
Cobalt rim and Copper brushwork |
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Yunomi
Porcelain clay
Beaten square
Copper decoration
9cm high. |
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Jar with Lid
Ying
Ching glaze with Iron banded decoration
36 cm high.
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Deep Bowl with Lid
Tenmoku
glaze
14 cm high
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Visitors are always welcome to view a constantly changing display of
pots
at Nic's permanent showroom gallery at 73 Meneage Street, Helston.
From Truro to Falmouth
Follow the A394 to Helston. At the roundabout turn right towards
the town centre. At the traffic lights turn left into Trengrouse Way.
At the bottom of the hill turn right into Meneage Street, Nic Harrison
Ceramics is immediately on your left.
From Penzance
Follow the A394 towards Helston. Proceed straight on at the
roundabout at St John's and up The Furry to the roundabout at the top of
the hill. Turn left into Meneage Street. Where the road bears round to the
right into Trengrouse Way, turn left into the continuation of Meneage
Street. Nic Harrison Ceramics is immediately on your left.
Nic
Harrison Ceramics
73 Meneage Street,
Helston, Cornwall,
TR13 5RB
Phone:
9am to 5pm
Gallery +44 (0)1326 560521
Workshop
+44 (0)1736 762638
E-mail:
trelowarren.pottery@virgin.net
For more information, have a look at Nic's own website.
www.nicharrison.com
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