Tutor Ed Hill
Ed is a ceramic artist currently working from a studio in Stroud. Ed graduated with a BA in Fine Art from University College Falmouth, 2014. His practice has evolved through painting into clay sculpture, ceramics and aspects of studio pottery, with wheel thrown forms, plates and painterly glaze application being a major focus. He has previously worked in a porcelain dinnerware company and apprenticed to a very well-established potter who specialised in handmade restaurant-ware and studio pottery . In these roles he gained a lot of experience in the material properties of clay and glaze , throwing, kiln firing and running studios.
In his own work he uses thrown forms as a ‘canvas’ to work on, making glazes from scratch and experiment with methods of surface, design, colour, application, raw materials, clay types and kiln firing using electric and gas. he is interested in making expressive work that is contemporary whilst containing references to ceramic movements of the 20th century. Emphasis is spent developing shapes that are personal and appealing whilst aiming for a timelessness, warmth of feeling and atmosphere.