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Irena Sibrijns Irena's work is mostly utilitarian, and produced on the wheel, but the bigger pieces are one-off and often slab-built. The smaller, utilitarian pieces are made in limited editions, but each piece is still unique. The emphasis in the work is on the decoration, and shapes are kept clean and simple to act as carriers for the surface treatment. Irena worked in France for seven years, and influences can be detected from the work of potters in the South of France. However, she is also strongly influenced by textile designers of the mid-20th century, and by the work of some of the artists of the St Ives school. The pots are produced in red eartenware clay. All the work is covered in a white slip which functions as a background for the decoration with bodystains and oxides. She uses latex and wax resists to layer her decoration in order to achieve a depth of colour and definition of the drawing. The work is then fired to 1000 C. After this firing the work is covered with a clear leadless glaze and fired a second time to 1100 C. Contact Irena at irena.sibrijns@btinternet.com. Visit her website at www.isceramics.co.uk. |
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