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Maureen Minchin at Simon Drew Gallery
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Maureen Minchin at Simon Drew Gallery
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Maureen Minchin at Simon Drew Gallery
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Maureen Minchin at Simon Drew Gallery
Maureen Minchin at Simon Drew Gallery
The Simon Drew Gallery will be hosting an exhibition of ceramics by Maureen Minchin, with a preview night on Friday May 23rd from 5-9pm. The exhibition will be running until June 10th. All of the Maureen Minchin pieces shown on this website will feature in the exhibition and will be available to purchase.
Due to the high demand for Maureen's work we will be operating a ticket system for buying on the Friday night. Doors will open at 5pm, and guests will be given a numbered ticket on a first come, first served basis. From 6pm, in order of ticket number ticket holders wishing to purchase may buy a maximum of two peices each. From 7pm, any remaining pieces will be available for general sale, including telephone sales.
Maureen Minchin studied at the Bath Academy (1973) but gained most of her practical knowledge of ceramics from workshops in Arran, Sutherland, Norfolk, Italy and the Dartington Pottery in Devon. Much of Maureen's work, is inspired by a beautiful and remote part of Argyll where she lives and works. Her hand thrown earthenware lidded jars and other vessels depict nature's abundance from the sea shore to the mountain and moor. Maureen makes pots which she hopes people will delight in using but which also give a sense of the hidden natural world. Her domestic pots are thrown in terracotta clay, sprigs and handles attached and then dipped in a cream slip. Once a pot is firm again the slip is drawn into with a sharp tool and then left to dry. After being fired at 950 C the pots are decorated with underglaze colours, glazed and glossfired to 1140 C under light reduction. She was a prize winner at the 2nd International Saltglaze Exhibition (1983) and recently her work has achieved high prices in the auctions of contemporary ceramics held at Bonhams in London. Her work is featured in numerous private and public collections world wide including that of Henry Rothschild.
