JANE SEYMOUR
Born in 1954 Jane grew up in the countryside surrounded by the marshlands of Suffolk and the valleys and mountains of Wales. Her mother Sally Seymour was an artist and potter, her father John Seymour was a travel writer and author of self-sufficiency books among many others. Jane’s childhood was unconventional but she was always encouraged to paint and draw. As a young mother she jointly ran a small craft studio in Wales with her partner, where she painted on silk and wood before turning to ceramics.
In 1994 Jane moved to Co. Clare, Ireland, where she built a house and a ceramic studio. She is inspired by the rugged landscapes and wild nature of the west of Ireland, and much of her spare time is spent observing and sketching her surroundings; the shape of sea washed rocks, the behaviour of crows, and her interest in the human figure, which she sometimes merges into mythical. Her ceramics are all hand built. She makes coil-built vessels, which are burnished with pebbles and smoke-fired in wood shavings and seaweed, which colour the surface with abstract smoke patterns. Other ceramics are large slab-built bowls and forms with inscribed drawings and decorative patterns with layers of oxides rubbed in.
Jane has much experience teaching pottery to adults and children, and also runs classes in her own studio.
www.janeseymourceramics.com
Born in 1954 Jane grew up in the countryside surrounded by the marshlands of Suffolk and the valleys and mountains of Wales. Her mother Sally Seymour was an artist and potter, her father John Seymour was a travel writer and author of self-sufficiency books among many others. Jane’s childhood was unconventional but she was always encouraged to paint and draw. As a young mother she jointly ran a small craft studio in Wales with her partner, where she painted on silk and wood before turning to ceramics.
In 1994 Jane moved to Co. Clare, Ireland, where she built a house and a ceramic studio. She is inspired by the rugged landscapes and wild nature of the west of Ireland, and much of her spare time is spent observing and sketching her surroundings; the shape of sea washed rocks, the behaviour of crows, and her interest in the human figure, which she sometimes merges into mythical. Her ceramics are all hand built. She makes coil-built vessels, which are burnished with pebbles and smoke-fired in wood shavings and seaweed, which colour the surface with abstract smoke patterns. Other ceramics are large slab-built bowls and forms with inscribed drawings and decorative patterns with layers of oxides rubbed in.
Jane has much experience teaching pottery to adults and children, and also runs classes in her own studio.
www.janeseymourceramics.com
