Leonie Stanton LSDC
Ceramics










Leonie's work aims to harness her fascination with the physicality of Nature; its monumental solidity, stillness and quiet, by distilling recollections of an intrinsic sense of place. She works in thrown abstract series, forging collections of filtered responses, questioning the notion of scale. She achieves this by balancing volume, proportion and the outline of a piece, juxtaposing a flat hard edge against a rounder softer surface. This creates tensions between the clarity of the form and the finish of the piece. She often adds coloured oxide inclusions into the clay body in order to imbue a sense of permanence and longevity. She achieves this by mixing porcelain with combinations of oxides that either speckle or bleed through the clay body when fired. This process allows for ‘decoration’ to be integral to the piece, allowing the form to not be interrupted. She frequently polishes the surfaces with a diamond pad to make them very tactile, but also juxtaposes surfaces whether tonally with slip or glaze to create a ‘chiaroscuro’ effect in order to strengthen the forms. Often she throws these forms upside down on the wheel, creating double walled vessels, generating forms where you would expect to find interior voids.
Education
2013-2015 City Lit, London Two Year Diploma in Ceramics
1996-1999 Wimbledon School of Art, London BA (Hons.) Fine Art: Painting
1993-1995 Royal College of Art/Victoria & Albert Museum MA (RCA/V&A) History of Design
1990-1993 Manchester Metropolitan University BA (Hons.) History of Art & History of Design
Awards & Residencies
2017
Selected to exhibit at The Oxford Ceramics Fair by the
Craft Potters’ Association as an Associate Member
Selected for the British Craft Pavilion by Hole & Corner, London Design Fair
Awarded a Professional Development Bursary from a-n -
The Artists Information Company
2016
Selected for Seven Week Mentored Residency, ‘Piccolpasso’,
International School of Ceramics, Certaldo, Italy. Mentor: John Colbeck
2015
Selected for Three Month Studio Residency ‘On Centre’,
International School of Ceramics, Certaldo, Italy
Tutors: Pietro Maddalena & John Colbeck
2000-2001 Awarded The Florence Trust Artist in Residency, London
Exhibitions
2018
The Hand of the Maker – SDC, Chelsea College of Art, London
Dulwich Festival – Artists’ Open House, London
'Surface’, Clay Store, London
Innovations in Ceramic Art, Cambridge
'Towards the Light’, Tregony Gallery, Tregony, Cornwall
2017
‘Drawing In’, Tregony Gallery, Tregony, Cornwall
Oxford Ceramics Fair, Oxford
British Craft Pavilion, London Design Fair, London
‘Wall, Window World’, Tregony Gallery, Tregony, Cornwall
‘A Sea of Colour’, Tregony Gallery, Tregony, Cornwall
Klay @ Craft Central, Clerkenwell, London
2016
La Meridiana, Certaldo, Italy
Klay @ Malden Road, Camden, London
2015
New Designers, London
Talks, Workshops & Publications
2018
Hey Clay! The Kiln Rooms, London: assisting with workshop
2017
“A Playful Search for Beauty”, chaired by Hole & Corner.
A Discussion on the Importance of Material, Process and Approach in Ceramics.
British Craft Pavilion, London Design Fair, 23 September
“Throwing It Large””, a-n, The Artist Information Company,
Professional Development Bursary Blog, http://www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/thr...
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