An association of Cornwall's finest craft makers

Thompson, Louise
Ceramics

Louise Thompson joined Gaolyard Studios in March 2001, having graduated the previous summer from the Studio Ceramics course at Falmouth College of Arts. Louise grew up in Cornwall but has also lived in North Devon, London, and Bristol and has previously worked within commercial photography and cabinet making.

Inspirations

My work has evolved from my love of traditional pottery form. Decoration is inspired by the colour, light, and weather of the Cornish landscape/seascape. Painting has become an increasingly important medium in itself and also as a starting point to express how I feel about the environment I live in. This I transfer to the decoration on the pot in glazes which are brushed on, often in overlapping layers. All work is fired in a gas kiln in a reduction atmosphere at 1280 C .

Education

BA (Hons) Studio Ceramics, Falmouth College of Arts, 2000
HNC Ceramics, School of Art and Design, Bristol, 1997
City and Guilds Furniture Crafts Studies 555 Parts 1 and 2, Brunel College, Bristol, 1993
BTEC Art and Design, North Devon College, 1985

Selected Exhibitions

August 2006 National Pottery and Ceramics Festival, Hatfield House
July 2006 Ceramics Exhibition, Manor House Gallery, Oxfordshire
May 2005 Gaolyard 05, CCA Trelowarren Gallery, Helston
June 2004 Mixed show of Cornwall artists, Swindon
December 2003 Eton Applied Arts, Christmas Show
December 2003 Yorkshire Crafts Centre, Christmas Show
November 2002 Christmas Show, The Bakehouse Gallery, Chichester
August 2002 National Pottery and Ceramics Festival, Hatfield House
June 2002 Three Years On - Gaolyard Studios, St Ives Ceramics
June 2002 Ceramica Exhibition, Bishop Phillpots Gallery, Truro
May 2002 Two-man show, Dick the Dog, Penzance
March 2002 Spring Show, Printmakers Gallery, St Ives
February 2002 Cornish Ceramics, Fisherton Mill, Salisbury
October 2001 All that Glistens, Cornwall Crafts Association, Trelissick
July 2001 Elements of Contemporary Craft, Royal Cornwall Museum
June 2001 Goalyard Studios, St Ives Ceramics, St Ives
March 2001 Showcase 2001 - Cornwall Crafts Association, Trelowarren
July 2000 New Designers 2000, Business Design Centre, London

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