Marches Makers Festival Artist 2021
Gillian Tennant-Eyles
I came to clay later in life, via a degree in history, followed by thirty years as an architect, before discovering ceramics on a Foundation Diploma at Hereford College of Art. Once smitten, I was driven to pursue ceramics further, on a degree course at Wolverhampton University's School of Art and Design.
I am continually excited by the potential of clay, and while I draw my creative inspiration from the natural environment, I also like to encourage and emphasise the random effects which are inherent in ceramic processes and materials, and which give an unpredictable and organic character to my work.
I came to clay later in life, via a degree in history, followed by thirty years as an architect, before discovering ceramics on a Foundation Diploma at Hereford College of Art. Once smitten, I was driven to pursue ceramics further, on a degree course at Wolverhampton University's School of Art and Design.
I am continually excited by the potential of clay, and while I draw my creative inspiration from the natural environment, I also like to encourage and emphasise the random effects which are inherent in ceramic processes and materials, and which give an unpredictable and organic character to my work.
