News & Updates From The Sussex Guild
Barbara Gittings : My Ceramic Journey
Barbara Gittings : My Ceramic Journey August 20, 2021 I came to ceramics late in life, having worked in the fashion industry for about 30 years. I started taking pottery evening classes in 1999 and I was soon obsessed. In the early 2000’s did a week long smoke-firing course with Jane Perryman which was wonderfully inspiring.
Making Unique Jewellery
Making Unique Jewellery June 4, 2021 I grew up in France, near Cholet in the Loire Valley. From the age of 15, I focused on art & design subjects at school. After my A-level (applied art), I entered a graphic design and illustration school – L’AGR Ecole de L’Image in Nantes. Our training in the first
A Life in Ceramics – Jon Barrett-Danes
A Life in Ceramics – Jon Barrett-Danes April 15, 2021 Ceramics was always something my parents did, and when I was growing up it was just something that was happening around me. Although I did have an interest, I was far more interested in other things as you would expect from a teenage boy. Most of my
From first pinch pot to the Sussex Guild – Kate Hackett
From first pinch pot to the Sussex Guild – Kate Hackett April 15, 2021 My first experience of clay was with my Mum, who was an artist and weaver, but decided to take a course in pottery at our local college in Chichester. Following this, our family all got the clay bug and my sister and
Plant Based – Lisa Katzenstein
Plant Based – Lisa Katzenstein April 15, 2021 I spent my early childhood in Rome, and the early influences of colour and pattern have informed my craft ever since. I went to the Central School in the latter 1970s, a time and a place where old conventions of what “craft” was about were being overturned. Out
A Short History of the Guild
A Short History of the Guild May 28, 2021 ORIGINS A Guild of Sussex Craftsmen existed between1931 and 1953. Born of the depression years, interrupted by the war, it is interesting to read the list of crafts which were to be prioritised in 1946. It included: blacksmithing; wheelwrighting and cart building; brick making; saddlery; trug making
A moment in Time – Jessica Jordan Ceramics
A moment in Time – Jessica Jordan Ceramics April 15, 2021 My career as a ceramicist began when I was still in school. I had a wonderful tutor who was interested in clay – she was so passionate about it that I was drawn to the medium too. It was something about the clay and its flexibility, and the seemingly endless
Why I do What I do – Andrew Hague
Why I do What I do – Andrew Hague April 15, 2021 I think it’s part of being human to want to make things. Often people who become professional designer/makers have had an influencing figure in their lives who made them aware of it as a possibility. For me it was my Grandad, although everyone else
Creative Knitwear – Sophie Cadogan
Creative Knitwear – Sophie Cadogan April 15, 2021 Cadogan Cardigans – so named as I thought it was good alliteration especially as cardigans were exactly what I made when I initially started my knitwear business. That has now developed into the production of jumpers, tunics and lots of accessories such as mittens and scarves too. People ask
A Life with Mud – Stephen & Caroline Atkinson-Jones
A Life with Mud – Stephen & Caroline Atkinson-Jones April 15, 2021 I have been producing ceramics in my various workshops since I was 17…I’m still doing that – it’s a lifetime’s work and interest, although I have been involved in a great variety of other pursuits over the years. After working and training in business
