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Ceramics by Elaine Sheppard Bolt

Ceramic vessels, wall pieces and sculpture in porcelain, stoneware and mixed media by Elaine Sheppard Bolt.

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Elaine Bolt - Porcelain Twig vessels

Elaine Bolt - Woodland Utensils wall piece

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I’ve just had some great photos taken of my work I’ve just had some great photos taken of my work by the extremely talented and lovely @catherinebensonphoto - I particularly liked our use of her wall, recently stripped of wallpaper, as a backdrop for my framed wall pieces. This mixed-media composition includes porcelain pieces that have been coloured with oxides, a stoneware spoon and a group of found objects from local sites in Sussex. 
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#mixedmedia #foundobjects #porcelain #ceramics #wallpieces #wallart #elaineboltceramics #elainesheppardbolt
It’s the last weekend of @artwavefestival and I’ll be at the gorgeous open house @theoldforgeopenhouse on Saturday with my work, collaborative pieces made with @amandadoughty and a huge selection of wonderful craft and artworks by 20 artists and makers. Visit venue 101 on the #haventrail in #southheighton 
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#ceramics #porcelain #elainebolt #elainesheppardbolt #openhouse #art #decor #handmade #buyceramics
Come to my Porcelain and Mixed Media Two-day Works Come to my Porcelain and Mixed Media Two-day Workshop 14th and 21st October - with me at my studio in central Brighton. 
Running across two Saturdays, this is a very small and friendly workshop at my studio. I will share with you my techniques for ways to incorporate mixed media with porcelain to create unique compositions.
Explore making with white and coloured porcelain, nichrome wire, mixed media and found objects such as twigs, lichen and beach finds, and combining them to make striking objects and wall pieces. 
Follow the link in my bio for more details and book a place.
#mixedmedia #foundobjects #objectscantellstories #assemblage #composition #wallpieces
#craft #porcelain #ceramics  #making #course #learning #workshop #brighton #elaineboltceramics #elainesheppardbolt
Grids, squares and circles. Thee little porcelain Grids, squares and circles. Thee little porcelain bowls were thrown and then joined together to make a (slightly wavy) grid with a porcelain twig joined across the rims. It’s a quirky piece that started off as an experiment as part of the collaborative project with @amandadoughty - the inspiration being her grids of silver cones and tubes that form stunning brooches. An early iteration (the third image) combined silver and seed-heads on a tiny scale. Other ideas on the grid theme have been explored, seeing where the connections fall. This piece, and the one in the final image (combining a beach-found Nokia phone case, silver grid, found rubber tube, black porcelain beads and wire) are currently on display and for sale @theoldforgeopenhouse this weekend. I will be there on Saturday and ready to tell you all about it! 
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#collaboration #collaborativeproject #ceramics #jewellery #making #craft #art #wallart #openhouse #southheighton @newhavenfestival @artwavefestival #haventrail @themakersdirectory .
New little porcelain bowls with glazed interiors a New little porcelain bowls with glazed interiors are making an appearance at the Pond House Studio in Isfield for @artwavefestival - they, and I will be there all weekend 10.00 to 5.30
Pond House Studio
Lewes Road
Isfield
TN225TY
Venue 27 on the Rural Trail
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See stories for setting up photos and a glimpse of some of the other artists and makers. 
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#artwavefestival #artwave #lewes #lsfield #eastSussex #openstudio #openhouses #ceramics #makers #artists #elainesheppardbolt #elaineboltceramics @themakersdirectory
I’ve been getting ready for the fabulous open st I’ve been getting ready for the fabulous open studio this weekend at the Pond House in Isfield. This @artwavefestival venue is a stunning converted barn, with cakes, and savouries that are worth the visit alone. But there are amazing makers on show including @anniemcmanuspainting @kathiemurphy @jeanscottmoncrieff @syannvanniftrik @bobbiekociejowski @tracysteelartstonework @material_being @nigelhunterart @nickbarberton 
I’ll be there all weekend: 
Saturday and Sunday, 9th and 10th, September 10.00 to 5.30. If you’re in the neighbourhood, I hope to see you there. 
Address: 
Pond House Studio
Lewes Road
Isfield
TN225TY
Venue 27 on the Rural Trail
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#artwave #makers #artists #ceramics #openstudio #openstudios #lewes #isfield #eastsussex #elainesheppardbolt #elaineboltceramics
Porcelain and Mixed Media Two-day Workshop 14th an Porcelain and Mixed Media Two-day Workshop 14th and 21st October - with me at my studio in central Brighton. 
This workshop takes place over two Saturdays - 14th and 21st, leaving time for a firing in-between.
On this very small and friendly course at my studio I will share with you my techniques for hand-building with porcelain and ways to incorporate mixed media to create unique compositions.
See my website for more details and book a place 
This two-day course for up to five people will explore techniques for using nature as inspiration for pieces using porcelain, including; modelling pieces inspired by natural forms; using coloured porcelain and slips; and using nichrome wire. You will also investigate how mixed media and found objects (such as twigs, feathers, seed pods, or beach finds) can be used and combined with porcelain pieces you make.
£450 including all materials and firing. 
Message me or follow the link in my bio for more details. 
#mixedmedia #foundobjects #objectscantellstories #assemblage #composition 
#craft #porcelain #ceramics  #making #course #learning #workshop #brighton #elaineboltceramics #elainesheppardbolt
Amanda Doughty @amandadoughty and I have been work Amanda Doughty @amandadoughty and I have been working together on collaborative ideas developing playful pieces that combine our own practice and each other’s. For this set of pieces we took inspiration, and actual found objects, from the strand-line on Newhaven’s West Beach. These unique collaborative wall-pieces and pendants, made using found wood and plastics, handmade silver, porcelain and other materials, can be found at the wonderful open house @theoldforgeopenhouse in South Heighton, Newhaven. Venue 101 on the Haven Trail as part of @artwavefestival  The work will be on show and available to buy there today and for the next two weekends - 9/10, 16/17 September, along with 
over 20 artists and makers
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#artwavefestival #newhaven #southheighton #haventrail #ceramics #jewellery #foundobjects #mixedmedia #collaboration #elainesheppardbolt #amandadoughty
Embellishing some spoons today (as you do), gettin Embellishing some spoons today (as you do), getting them ready for @artwavefestival next weekend @theoldforgeopenhouse - adding lichen, gold coloured thread and silver leaf to some of the spoons for that little bit extra. 
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#spoons #porcelain #spindlespoons #mixedmedia #ceramics #elaineboltceramics #elainesheppardbolt #openhouses #haventrail #sussex
Some little glaze tests. Left to right - first is Some little glaze tests. Left to right - first is a very bright yellow - not my normal thing but I’m having fun exploring yellow at the moment, inspired by yellow lines on the road (collaborating with @amandadoughty has introduced me to the weird delight of everyday road markings). next is a sort of honey brown. I was looking for a more honey honey but this is a start. Then there’s a sort of beige-green which looks better than it sounds and is better in real life than in the photo. Then a plain transparent which is always useful as a base glaze. This one seems to have crazed a bit where thick, so I’ll need to remember to avoid it being too thick when in proper use. I tested these glazes on tiles too, but it always helps to see them on another shaped surface or a larger area to get a better idea. Glaze testing is also good when you have other more pressing tasks to do and want to procrastinate. 
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#glazes #glazetesting #ceramics #porcelain #procrastination
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