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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:

Joanna Constantinidis

Born: 1927, UK, England, York   Died: 2000

Ceramicist. She trained at Sheffield College of Art where she took pottery (1945-1949) going on to set up a studio at Great Baddow in Essex (1950). From 1951, she taught at the Chelmsford School of Art where she worked full-time, making her own pots at weekends. She was a dedicated teacher in Further Education until she retired in 1989. She made delicate vessel forms with rich surface effects, which increasingly took on a sculptural aspect and modernist approach.The historical influences on her work were medieval pottery, Staffordshire slipware, saltglaze and industrial pottery. She used stoneware and 'T' Material and, occasionally porcelain. Forms were thrown on the wheel, shaped, moulded, cut, and altered by hand. The surface of the clay was burnished and fired at 1300 degrees in saggars filled with grain which combusts around the pot to create rich surface effects. Some pots have lustre glazes, she used copper, iron and tin. She also made porcelain tableware, glazed in matt white and cream. The Crafts Council shop at the Victoria and Albert Museum held a one-person exhibition in 2000

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

[Vase] C1255 Ceramics

[Vase] C1256 Ceramics

[Vase] C889 Ceramics




 
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