Artisan An artisan Contact cc274@st-andrews.ac.uk Author cc274@st-andrews.ac.uk Prim Media 2320 Field Worker Catherine Anne Cassidy Gender male Occupation ceramics Material Description unglazed ceramic porcelain figures Wiki A link to a wiki entry about this item. https://culturality.museum/wiki/index.php/David_Woodley 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 David Woodley Type The nature or genre of the resource Artisan Description An account of the resource Helmsdale Pottery was a distinctive Scottish studio pottery founded in 1973 by David and Penny Woodley in the Highland village of Helmsdale, Sutherland. The pottery became well known for its handcrafted porcelain animal sculptures, especially birds, owls, ducks, puffins, hares, and other wildlife inspired by the rugged Scottish landscape. Penny Woodley was not only a ceramic artist but also an active member of the Helmsdale community, a previous director of Timespan Museum. Together, David and Penny Woodley developed a recognizable artistic style that reflected the wildlife and coastal environment of the Scottish Highlands and gained a loyal following among collectors of British studio pottery. Since their retirement, Helmsdale Pottery pieces remain collectible examples of late twentieth-century Scottish art pottery. Vintage examples regularly appear in auctions, antique shops, and collectors’ markets, admired for their craftsmanship, individuality, and connection to Highland artistic traditions. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973 Language A language of the resource English Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource cc274@st-andrews.ac.uk Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 964 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived artisans Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,58.11668204184647,-3.655138492100112; 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. David Woodley