Guildford Village Potters

Our Members

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Verna Atkinson, Valerie Barron,  Jean Baxter,  Betty Begovich,  Georgie Boddington,       Janice Bradley,  Cathy Day,  Helen Dundo,  Anne Fowler,  Pauline Gill,  Lyne Graham,     Natalie Harrop,  Vee Harper,  Jenny Miller-Nixon,  Judy Nastov,  Marion Page,  Val Patton,  Pam Pratley, Joan Tyers,  Bernadette Wakefield,  Carol Watson,  Chris Wesolowski,          Helen Whitehead 

 

CVs will be added as they become available 

 

Vee Harper

 

 

 I have been involved with pottery for 31 years.  It began as a hobby,  and after 2 years I enrolled into Midland TAFE and completed  a four year course in Arts and Ceramics.

In 1981 I was asked to join Guildford Village Potters.  This was instrumental in my further growth due to the support and creativity the group fostered.

in the following years,  I attended many workshops,  which gave me inspiration and the techniques to refine my skills.

I work mainly in stoneware,  producing raku,  some sculptural and non functional pieces;  however the majority of my work is functional for everyday use.  it is very rewarding to know your work is used and appreciated by those that purchased it.

Valerie Patton

STUDIO POTTER

STUDIED FINE ARTS AT MIDLAND T.A.F.E.

FOUNDATION MEMBER OF GUILDFORD VILLAGE POTTERS - 1981

TEACHING:  Taught pottery at  

Midland T.A.F.E                                               Country Workshops                                       Metropolitan Workshops                                 Guildford Village Pottery  (adults and children's classes)                                  Private tuition at home residence

SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 

Guildford Village Potters Inc .....1989             Guildford Village Potters Inc .....2002 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Guildford Village Potters Inc  Annual Events 

I have been a potter for 30 years and still find that potting is my passion.

The first few years as a student I used Terracotta clay and threw garden pots to enhance my garden.  Stoneware then became my medium,  becoming disciplined in creating functional sets of high fired tableware;  my favorite being the art of making teapots.

World travel had me collecting pots glazed with the elusive crystalline glaze.  After attending a workshop given by Ginny Conway from America in 2001 I changed my medium to fine porcelain and attempted to fire with these beautiful crystalline glazes.

Teapots with this finish enabled me to win various ceramic art prizes .

For relaxation and purely for fun I found I could also copy any animal and made them all by throwing the body on the wheel and finishing them by the hand-building technique. These animals range from tiny frogs to alpacas that stand four foot high.

For many years I passed on my knowledge with teaching adults and children on the happiness it brings, to create through the art of pottery.  

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

Darlington Arts Festival                                 Old Bakery on Eighth Gallery                        S.A.S. Barracks Art Exhibition                      Gomboc Gallery  

PRIZES

Swan Shire Acquisition......1992                 Swan Valley Tourism Acquisition ...1998     Old Bakery on Eighth Gallery  (winner of fourth and sixth Annual Teapot Award)       2001.....2004.....2007                               Darlington Arts Festival....2002  (Ceramics First Prize)