I am just experimenting with shapes. I love the idea of using templates to create more angular forms, but also want to add a natural twist to that, like a decaying brutalist building. I also love working with colours and have bought far too many glazes. I’m currently working on getting the perfect sea or pond combination on some tester plates.
Read moreMaker of the Month: Tom Armstrong
I draw cartoons, run workshops and art classes, install other people's art in galleries, play bass guitar, follow the town, cook adequately, occasionally put on gigs and events and sometimes screen print stuff.
Read moreMaker of the Month: Andreea Bornaz
I’d say I’m finding my way with clay, learning and having fun along the way. Quite often I don’t know when I sit down what will come out, and as they say, I let the clay speak and my fingers follow.
Read moreMaker of the Month: Sam Elston
I create illustrations and handmade pieces that celebrates playfulness with bright colours and cheerful, sometimes cheeky monkeys.
Read moreMaker of the Month: Fiona Josephs
Artist Fiona Josephs.
I started as soon as I could hold a pencil. I did my first drawing at two after my first vaccine of a trolley with a kidney bowl. I copied a picture in a book and the teacher took it around the whole school at primary school.
Read moreMaker of the Month: Olivia Price
Olivia at work, in her space at home.
I’m a printmaker specialising in linocut, screenprint and monoprint methods, sometimes combining all three. The process behind each print is really important to me, with this hopefully visible in some of my work. My lino prints and screen prints use block shapes and solid lines to create graphic and bold figurative/portraiture designs. My mono prints, in contrast, are often slightly softer in their edges and colour palette. Both styles, however, lend themselves well to having an element of fluidity and chance. Though predominantly a printmaker, I love to try and apply my style to different mediums as a form of experimenting and learning new ways of working.
Read moreHome is Where the Art is — Featuring Makerspace Members
Our ‘Home is Where the Art is’ social media campaign has proven really successful so far – followers love seeing what our members have been making at home! Thanks to those who have sent in photos and descriptions. We’d like to keep this feature going as long as possible, ideally until the space opens again.
Read moreCoil Pot Challenge with Colchester Makerspace & Caroline Rhys-Lewis
We know lots of you will be missing the feeling of getting stuck into clay. So we wanted to offer something to satisfy that pottery urge! We have created Coil Pot Kits to post to members for free! - they'll contain 500g of clay and a handy step-by-step guide to making a coil pot at home. This page also has a very handy video tutorial (above) from our very own Clay Lady - ceramics contributor and teacher Caroline Rhys-Lewis and a simple written step-by-step below the form.
Read moreMaker of the Month: Iris Dina Gunnardottir
I am a multi-disciplinary artist working in video, performance, photography, drawing, printing and, most importantly, ceramics. I would describe most of my work to be minimal in some respects. I like to keep things simple but effective and I would say that about all of the mediums I use. I like exploring techniques, which is often what gives me my motivation.
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