Featured Artist
Derek Wilson
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Continuity and Interruption series, 2009. Thrown and altered stoneware. |
Derek Wilson graduated from the University of Ulster with a Masters in Ceramics in 2007 and is currently placed on Craft NI's Making it 07 programme at the University of Ulster.
Artists Statement
"My work is about capturing the fluidity and quality of a line, an angle, a plane and resonates of constructivist theories and processes. I am concerned with the space the form creates, interior and exterior and the light and shadows the form casts and reveals. Within the work social, personal, historical and aesthetic concerns interact to challenge preconceptions of throwing a form from an amorphous material yet not necessarily seeking the look of the handmade."
”The work suggests seeing the world and ourselves through our eyes and fingers. I sought a personal language through clay and have found a way of communicating this through the work. An equilibrium has been drawn from persistence and experience. I have control and the freedom to express myself creating an emotional presence. The work is an abstract vocabulary of metaphorical architecture, the structure of form and space. One builds walls - physically and emotionally.”
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Continuity and Interruption series, 2009. Thrown and altered stoneware.
As part August Craft Month 09 new work by Derek Wilson will be exhibited in the upcoming Northern Ireland Contemporary Ceramics exhibition. Derek will also give a three day masterclass at the University of Ulster during August.
Exhibition: August Craft Month 09 - Northern Ireland Contemporary Ceramics Belfast and Hillsborough
Exhibited across three venues and curated by Clive Fiddis (Senior Lecturer in Ceramics at the University of Ulster), works by some of Northern Ireland’s leading potters: Peter Meanley, Diane McCormick and emerging makers Stephen Farnan, Derek Wilson and Adam Frew are brought together in Belfast and Hillsborough.
Hillsborough Courthouse
Mon – Sat 09:30 – 17:00, 30 July – 30 August | Free Admission
Preview: 18:30 – 20:00, Thurs 30 July
The Merchant Hotel, Waring Street, Belfast
Mon – Sun 10:00 – 18:00, 06 Aug – 05 Sept | Free Admission
Preview: 18:00 – 21:00, Thurs 06 Aug
Craft NI, Waring Street, Belfast
Mon – Fri 10:00 – 16:00; Sun 12:00 – 16:00,
06 Aug – 05 Sept | Free Admission
Preview: 18:00 – 21:00, Thurs 06 Aug
Throwing with porcelain
University of Ulster
10:00 – 17:00, 10 – 12 August | Enrolment Fee Applies
A three day masterclass in throwing skills with porcelain delivered by Derek Wilson. Derek trained at the School of Art and Design, University of Ulster earning both a BA and MA in Ceramics. Participants can range from beginners to the more advanced and will have the opportunity to throw their own innovative range of functional objects.
To find out more visit www.craftnidirectory.org or click here to download a full listings guide to August Craft Month (PDF)
To visit Derek’s website visit: www.derekwilsonceramics.com
