Stormy Pottery

Wendy Page was born in Somerset in 1967. Her first serious encounter with clay, whilst living in Belgium, was with Christiane LeBrun in the Ardennes in 1989. David Leach and Mick Casson inspired her in 1991 with their unique Seminar at Alden Biesen (Belgium). In 1992 Jane Perryman gave Wendy the direction she was looking for when she was a student on her first ceramic course.

Many courses, seminars and self teaching since, has given her a greater understanding of form and texture. In 1994 she was awarded 3rd prize as a promising new and up and coming artist, at the renowned International Ceramics Festival in Ardenne for, quote “the delicate nature, sublety of form and simplicity of colour combined to good effect.”

Since then Wendy have lived and sold her work in France, Belgium and Greece . In 1994 she returned to try and settle in England. In 1997 Wendy moved to the outskirts of Penzance, Cornwall setting up Stormy Pottery .

Hand built, smoke fired pottery All Wendy's work is hand built with a combination of coils, press moulds and slab methods. Each pot is then porcelain slipped, burnished and bisque fired to a temperature of 990ºc. Pots are decorated using a variety of resists, before they are individually smoke fired in either sawdust or paper to produce their stormy patterns. The pots are then painstakingly cleaned and finally dried and polished. All these processes take approximately 4 weeks to complete. Each piece of work is unique, as the smoke firing process produces a different pattern every time.

Animals

Other animals available, all approximately 8 cms high
Seals, dogs, elephants, goats, hedgehogs, lions, rhinos, frogs, bulls, rabbits, chickens.

New animals being made all the time

Hand Built Porcelain Jewellery

All the jewellery is made at Stormy Pottery, near Penzance, Cornwall.

How the jewellery is made.

Each item is made of solid porcelain clay, which is pressed into a handmade mould (porcelain clay is very stronger when fired at high temperatures). Once out of the mould each piece in tided up and left to dry slowly. When dry, some of the jewellery is biscuit fired to 980ºc and then smoke fired in sawdust and waxed, to give them a very unique finish. The others are glazed and then fired in a gas kiln for approx. 12 hours to a temperature of 1280ºc to produce a wide range of finishes. Each item is presented in a black gift box.

Galleries currently displaying Wendy's work

Ocean Contemporary, Falmouth, Cornwall
Trelissick Gallery, Nr Falmouth, Cornwall
Net Loft Gallery, Porthleven, Cornwall
Churchtown Arts, St.Agnes, Cornwall
Roundhouse Gallery, Sennen, Cornwall
Out of the Blue, Marazion, Cornwall
The Mousehole, Mousehole, Cornwall
Carnsew Gallery, Hayle, Cornwall
Salthouse Gallery, St.Ives, Cornwall

Wendy has a small showroom which may only be visited via appointment.

Commission works are always welcome. All pots, jewellery and animals can be posted. 

Copyright(c) 2005 Wendy Page