91 Sheila Herring

Region: Leamington Spa

Artform: Ceramics

Sheila Herring’s work is visceral and impassioned, combining a kind of abstract expressionism with subtle and robust functional shapes.
Exploring expressive techniques of working with clay is a vital aspect of Sheila’s pot making. She seeks out and employs processes that have elements of the unpredictable, irregular, and enlivened about them. The surface decoration emphasises the freedom of the clay work, often involving the movement of various thicknesses of slips over the clay, traces of the application processes revealed. Slips also build up defining lines, as can the glazes used.
Free pencil line drawings and gestural sgraffito marks are informed from Sheila’s spontaneous drawings. Sometimes there are suggestions of flowers, at others the repetition of freely drawn patterns. Her functional pots are made from black earthenware clay.
Her work is shown alongside abstract paintings by Rhoda Bertz in a domestic setting.

Venue

21 Granville Street
CV32 5XW Leamington Spa
United Kingdom

Directions: Located in North Leamington, off Campion Road or Wathen Road; free on street parking.

What 3 words location: yours.darker.visits

Tel: 01926 424591

Instagram: sheilaceramics

Website: http://www.sheilaherring.co.uk

Added extras:
Card payments accepted, Parking

Accessibility level: Level 2 : Limited access – venue on two or more levels, subdued lighting.

Working studio: No

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