School of Art

Contact Details

School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Meri Wells

Born: 1946, UK, Wales

Ceramicist. Wells studied Visual Art and Drama (BA Hons.) at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1985-88 and continues to work in theatre design, education and ceramics. She hand-builds figurative ceramics, often using locally sourced clay. Wells built a wood-fired kiln in her workshop which she has used since 1999, burning local wood and making ash glazes from blackberry and bracken.

Wells resides in Aberhosan near Machynlleth, a remote area of Wales where her workshop is based, and has worked in Africa and Eastern Europe. As a child she enjoyed reading and was influenced by the characters created by Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll. Wells’ characters are contemporary yet at the same time mythological, often relating to Welsh folklore. They are part human, part animal or bird, and serve as a medium through which Wells can express emotions and tensions that lie under the surface of all human relationships.

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

[2 rabbit figures] C1536 Ceramics




 
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