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1. www.barbaragittingsceramics.comBarbara Gittings Ceramics

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   Feb 24, 2024 · Barbara Gittings Ceramics – Brighton-based ceramicist, specialising in Nerikomi techniques. Exhibiting now across England.

2. ceramicartsnetwork.org › ceramics-monthly › ceramicsBarbara Gittings: The Power of the Cut

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   • Clay as An Alternative to Fabric
   • Catching Echoes of Nature
   • A Way Forward with Nerikomi
   • Taking Time to Learn and Grow

   Arriving in England in the late 1970s, Gittings fell in love with the country, home to iconic designers like Mary Quant, famed for her miniskirts and hot pants. This was the time when David Bowie, fashion’s king of self-invention, was pushing the boundaries wearing unusual, striking designs. Perhaps more conservative were Mick Jagger and John Lenno...

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   Gittings’ ceramics explore the multi-layered effects nature creates through the laying down of strata, weathering, and erosion. Her father was a geologist who she remembers “used to bring home amazing rock samples,” which she thinks first attracted her to the beauty in nature. She says she is also “drawn to primitive mark making, tribal art; all th...

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   A short course at City Lit College in London followed, and while there, she saw a picture of an ancient Chinese marbled-clay bowl and started to think that since she was always disappointed with the results after glazing pieces, this might be a way forward. There are numerous colored-clay techniques. One, termed nerikomi in Japan, consists of cutti...

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   When Gittings first started making nerikomi pieces, she lost an enormous number in the kiln because the patterns would separate at the seams between colors. “It has been a long learning curve,” she says. She works on several pieces at a time and says that it actually takes longer to create the patterned clay blocks and resulting slabs than to build...

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3. www.londonpotters.com › profile › barbara-gittingsBarbara Gittings - London Potters

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   Barbara Gittings. Decorative Nerikomi Porcelain, smoke-fired and waxed. Decorative / Handbuilt / Porcelain / Sculptural / Raku/Smoke / Wall Pieces. https://www.barbaragittingsceramics.com. Outside London. Path and Inspiration.

4. www.cambridgegallery.co.uk › barbara-gittingsBarbara Gittings — cambridge contemporary art

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   Barbara is a Brighton-based ceramicist, exhibiting across England. During her earlier career in the fashion industry as a designer and pattern cutter, she began to explore clay as an alternative medium to fabric.

5. jtwceramics.com › barbara-gittings-artist-profileBarbara Gittings – Artist Profile – JTW Ceramics

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   Nov 2, 2020 · They would have beaten silver items from Ethiopia, Zulu beadwork, San ostrich egg shell beads, the making of which dates back at least 50,000 years and Yoruba embroidered pieces, combining cowrie shells and seed beads.

6. www.birchamgallery.co.uk › artist › Barbara:GittingsBarbara Gittings artist - Ceramics - Bircham Gallery

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   Catalogue of work by artist Barbara Gittings to browse and buy online.

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   • Brighton-based ceramicist, specialising in Nerikomi techniques. Exhibiting now across England. London Design Fair 21-24 September 2023 Truman Brewery, London E1 6QL Barbara Gittings Ceramics – Brighton-based ceramicist, specialising in Nerikomi techniques. Exhibiting now across England.

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   • Gittings’ ceramics explore the multi-layered effects nature creates through the laying down of strata, weathering, and erosion. Her father was a geologist who she remembers “used to bring home amazing rock samples,” which she thinks first attracted her to the beauty in nature.

   Barbara Gittings: The Power of the Cut

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   Who is Kate Gittings?

   • Perhaps more conservative were Mick Jagger and John Lennon. Gittings was instantly inspired to pursue fashion design and pattern cutting in the UK and went on to enjoy a 30-year career in that industry. Over the last 21 years, she’s been exploring working with clay.

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   How does Gittings work?

   • When she is ready to create forms, Gittings slices through the block of patterned clays vertically along the face to create slabs, so that the pattern runs all the way through the wall of a vessel that she builds with the slab, rather than merely being a surface decoration.

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8. www.ceramicreview.com › videos › masterclass-withMasterclass with Barbara Gittings - Ceramic Review

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   Apr 21, 2020 · The ancient Chinese art of Nerikomi involves layering different coloured clays to create pattern and texture. In this video Barbara Gittings takes us step-by-step through this fascinating process.