Jane Bisby
After working as a biologist and then a primary school teacher, I came to art in my fifties. I did various art courses in Bristol and found that ceramics was what I enjoyed most.
Partly it was the process that attracted me. I experimented with wood-fired kilns, and bonfire firing, and wood-ash glazes, but I now make life easy for myself with an electric kiln.
I enjoy decorating my pots with the wildflowers and insects I find in the Welsh hills where I live. My recent ceramics are decorated with the wildflowers that grow in the meadow in front of my house. I am trying to capture the delight of walking through this meadow in June. In the works currently displayed, I have depicted 16 different species of meadow flowers. I am fascinated by repeating patterns, - especially zigzags; this is why the dandelion leaf is so appealing to me.
I also make timeless ceramic necklaces. These are inspired by my travels in southern Africa, and my fascination with Namibian rock art. Each necklace is unique. All of the beads are low-temperature fired and unglazed. This gives a very special effect : the beads warm to the temperature of your body when you wear them, and act like a sort of warming scarf. The necklaces can be lengthened or shortened to suit the wearer, by adjusting the knots on the leather cord, or cutting off any excess cord
Partly it was the process that attracted me. I experimented with wood-fired kilns, and bonfire firing, and wood-ash glazes, but I now make life easy for myself with an electric kiln.
I enjoy decorating my pots with the wildflowers and insects I find in the Welsh hills where I live. My recent ceramics are decorated with the wildflowers that grow in the meadow in front of my house. I am trying to capture the delight of walking through this meadow in June. In the works currently displayed, I have depicted 16 different species of meadow flowers. I am fascinated by repeating patterns, - especially zigzags; this is why the dandelion leaf is so appealing to me.
I also make timeless ceramic necklaces. These are inspired by my travels in southern Africa, and my fascination with Namibian rock art. Each necklace is unique. All of the beads are low-temperature fired and unglazed. This gives a very special effect : the beads warm to the temperature of your body when you wear them, and act like a sort of warming scarf. The necklaces can be lengthened or shortened to suit the wearer, by adjusting the knots on the leather cord, or cutting off any excess cord
