Potter and Ceramics Artist
I have now completed a Fine Art Professional Development Diploma and 3d Design & Ceramic Craft Diploma at Cornwall College concluding four years of study.
Recently I have exhibited at “Hidden Art Cornwall Craft Fair and the “Bernard Leach Craft Fair”. New works will be on show at Open Studios 2008.
www.creativeskills.org.uk/OpenStudios
My work is developing gradually without being forced. I work with Cornish stoneware clay using hand building and wheel thrown techniques. I prefer a stoneware ceramic body decorated with a simple personal palette of handmade glazes of blue, white and black. My work is finished off with a high gloss surface with mark making taking the eye around the piece. The form is functional, organic, and abstract, employing heightened symmetry and tension.
I experiment with the language of Abstract Expressionism as I enjoy lines of industrial and mechanical design. Individual pieces can be added-to and re-assembled to make a collection. I enjoy amassing and assembling work pieces, uncommon pieces with a lively, instinctive and robust substance.
I am a member of:
Cornwall Ceramics and Glass Group www.cornwallceramicsandglassgroup.co.uk/Charlesworth_Samme.htm
Hidden Art Cornwall
www.hiddenartcornwall.co.uk/sammecharlesworth
Craft Potters Association
Creative Skills,www.creativeskills.org.uk/OpenStudios
Bernard Leach Pottery Restoration Fund
www.leachproject.co.uk