Artisan An artisan Contact cc274@st-andrews.ac.uk Author cc274@st-andrews.ac.uk Field Worker Catherine Anne Cassidy Gender female Area Relation incomer Occupation ceramics Shop https://www.patriciashone.co.uk/shop-online/ Material Description Hand formed ceramic clay pieces using raku, wood fired and saggar firing processes. Social Media The social media links. twitter,https://x.com/patriciashone?lang=en;facebook,https://www.facebook.com/PatriciaShoneCeramics/;instagram,https://www.instagram.com/patriciashoneceramics/; Wiki A link to a wiki entry about this item. https://culturality.museum/wiki/index.php/Patricia_Shone Prim Media 2292 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Patricia Shone Type The nature or genre of the resource Artisan Description An account of the resource Patricia Shone has lived and worked on the Isle of Skye for the past 30 years. She was born in Scotland and grew up in South Devon where she met clay at school. After studying ceramics in London, finances and a love of cooking led her into work as a chef both there and in Italy. Eventually, this took her to Skye where she returned to making pots. “My work has developed in a kind of isolation both in location and in the methods I use to form my pieces. This is a place where I can feel small and insignificant in the face of monumental natural forces. It is a feeling I rejoice in, when the only possible way to contain the enormity of love for life is to utterly surrender to it. The feel of raw clay in my hands is a prime motivation for making, a physical connection to the physical world around me. It’s a visceral process, not always comfortable, often challenging and increasingly tiring. My work is hand formed in all aspects of its concept and creation. It is based on the controlled forms of functional vessels whilst being released from the constraints of function by the ruptured textured surfaces. I am looking for the points of contact and balance between the maker and the material, neither having mastery over the other. I have learned to give precedence to the physical process over and above intellectual input, giving voice to my inner and non verbal senses. The formation of clay is mostly from millennia of climatic erosion. The origins of the material lie in the enduring rock beneath our feet. The processes of firing that a potter uses to complete their work replicate some of the monumental forces which create and erode the matter of the universe. It’s big stuff! The nature of clay used in this way allows me to speak of the continued erosion and weathering of the land we live on; the traces made by the passage of humans across the surface of our planet; the tensions between the container and its contents.” Patricia has developed techniques in her clay work which reflect these processes. Contrary to the compressive methods associated with traditional clay practice, her pieces are hand formed by texturing and stretching from solid lumps of clay. This process extenuates the surfaces allowing the natural textures of the material to develop. The muted, natural colours of the finished pots are achieved by using different clay bodies and by the various firing processes. She has been a selected member of the Craft Potters’ Association of Great Britain since 2015, her work is collected internationally and she has work in several national and International collections. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1985 Language A language of the resource English Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource cc274@st-andrews.ac.uk Subject The topic of the resource Art Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 952 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,57.33648206344149,-6.238861083984375; Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT Country The name of the country of the data provider or “Europe” in the case of Europe-wide projects. Scotland Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. Patricia Shone