Sasha Wardell
Current Work
Slip cast bone china vases, bowls, wall lights and pendant lights.
Technical Information
Layered and Sliced/Incised coloured bone china slip. Also water erosion. 1260̊C Firing in Electric Kiln. Polished, no glaze.
History
1956 Born in Negombo, Sri Lanka
1976-79 B.A. Hons. in 3D Design (Ceramics) at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham
1978 Studied Industrial Ceramics at Ecole Nationale des Arts Decoratifs, Limoges, France
1979-81 M.A. in Ceramic Design at North Staffordshire Polytechnic, Stoke on Trent
1980 Industrial Training at Royal Doulton, Stoke on Trent
1981-84 Lecturer in Ceramics on B.A. Combined Crafts degree at Crewe and Alsager
Since 1983 Visiting lecturer at Bath, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Carlisle, Central St. Martins London, Camarthan, Croydon, Leicester, Limerick and Stoke on Trent
1989 Member of Southern Arts Association (Crafts Panel); Member of Arts Feu Entreprise/Esprit Porcelaine (Ceramic group based in Limoges)
1989-96 Move to Brive La Gaillarde (France) to establish workshop and run residential summer courses
Since 1993 International workshops in Toulouse and Clermont Ferrand, France; Namur, Antwerp and Brasschaat, Belgium; Ballenberg and Carouge(Geneva)
1996-97 Re-establish workshop in England
1998-00 Research Fellowship at Bath Spa University College (part-time)
2000-03 External examiner for Diploma course at Limerick College of Art and Design, Eire
Selected Exhibitions
Since 1982 Sasha has widely exhibited both Nationally and Internationally
Recent Group and Solo Shows
1996 ‘10th Anniversary’ Galerie Amphora, Oosterbeek, The Netherlands; Galerie Carla Koch, Amsterdam; ‘L’exposition Anglaise’ Galerie Epona, Paris
1997 Eton Applied Arts, Windsor; Bettles Gallery, Ringwood; Galerie Epona, Paris; Printemps des Potiers, Bandol, France; Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames; Derek Topp Gallery, Derbyshire
1998 Auction for Terrence Higgins Trust, Rufford Arts Centre, Notts; ‘British Week Exhibition’ Mayenne, France; Hugo Barclay, Brighton; European Crafts Conference and Exhibition, Namur, Belgium
1999 Southwell Minster Millennium Show, Notts; Church House Designs, Congresbury, Bristol; Solo Show at Contemporary Ceramics Gallery, London; ‘Amsterdam Tea Party’ JBK Gallery, Amsterdam; Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
2000 Ceramic Biennial 2000, Lucerne, Switzerland; ‘White Gold’ European Ceramics, Knaresborough, Yorks
2001 ‘Expanding Our Views’ Loes and Reinier Gallery, Deventer, The Netherlands; Solo Show at Marianne Brand Gallery, Carouge, Switzerland; Wohnen und Kunst Handwerk, Hamburg, Germany
2002 Woodbury Gallery, Exeter; Galerie Fusion, Toulouse, France
2003 ‘Finely Fired’ Craft in the Bay, Cardiff; RSBA, Birmingham; ‘White Pieces’ Rufford Craft Centre, Notts; “White Porcelain’ St. Joseph Gallery, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
2004 ‘White weddings’, Contemporary Applied Arts, London; ‘Coloured Porcelain’, St.Joseph Gallery, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands; ‘Coup de Bols,’ Belgium; ‘Talent Show’, Wedgwood, Japan
2005 Window exhibition , Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool; ‘Naked Clay’, Rufford Crafts Centre, Notts.
Awards
1984 Grand Prix at 1st World Triennial of Small Ceramics, Zagreb
1986 British Council Sponsorship to attend Winter Artists’ Colony, Karlovac, Croatia
1987 Zagreb Prize at 2nd World Triennial of Small Ceramics, Zagreb
1990 Diploma at 12th Biennial of Ceramic Art, Vallauris, France
1997 Joint winner of Handel House Gallery ‘Summer Show’, Devizes
1998 Bursary from Southern Arts Association for Research Fellowship at Bath Spa University College
2002 Bursary from The Craft Potters’ Charitable Trust for book research
Design work in production:
1981 Tableware design ‘Ambassador’ for Royal Grafton China, Stoke on Trent
Work is generally available from:
Contemporary Ceramics, Marshall Street, London.
Crafts Council Shop and Victoria and Albert Museum
Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
Bettles Gallery, Ringwood, Hampshire
JAM/Eton Applied Arts, Windsor
St. Joseph’s Gallery, Leeuwarden, Holland
Publications
Slipcasting, Sasha Wardell (A&C Black) 1997
Porcelain and Bone China, Sasha Wardell (Crowood Press) 2004
Work included in following publications:
“Living Light’ Ceramic Review, May/June 1988
China, Glass and Tableware (US) November 1988
La Revue de la Ceramique et du Verre (France) March/April 1989
A Dictionary of British Studio Potters, Pat Carter (Scholar Press) 1990
‘Rencontre a Limoges’ La Revue de la Ceramique et du Verre (France) July/August 1992
Ceramics and Print, Paul Scott (A&C Black) 1994
Porcelain, Caroline Whyman (Batsford) 1994
Contemporary Porcelain, Peter Lane (A&C Black) 1995 and 2003
Resists and Techniques, Peter Beard (A&C Black) 1995 and 2003
Ceramic Form: Design and Decoration (New Edition) ,Peter Lane (A&C Black) 1998
Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Pottery (4th Edition), Robert Fournier (A&C Black) 2000’The Magic of Materials’ Keramiek, April 2002
The Ceramic Surface, Matthias Ostermann 2002
Naked Clay, Jane Perryman (A&C Black) 2004
Public Collections
Public Collections Los Angeles Art and Craft Museum, U.S.A.
Yale Centre for British Art Museum, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Chateau de Vascoeuil, Centre Regional d’Art, Normandy, France
City Museum and Art Gallery, Hanley, Stoke on Trent
Norwich Castle Museum Teapot Collection
Newport Art Gallery and Museum, Wales
Zagreb City Museum, Croatia
Kellinghusen Museum, Germany
National Ceramic Collection at the Adrien Dubouche Museum, Limoges, France
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Ministere d’Arts Plastiques, Brussels
Commissions
1998 Ikebana foyer display commissioned by Takashimaya Store, Osaka, Japan
2001 ‘Feat of Clay’ exhibition at Victoria and Albert Museum, London, commissioned by University of the West of England
2005 Sculptural piece for restaurant in P and O liner ‘Arcadia’ commissioned by Elstone Hayes Associates.