Dennis Farrell
I have been making ceramics for over fifty years and many of those early formative years happened when I was living in Yorkshire. In the late 70's I won a Crafts Council/ Yorkshire Arts award to be Artist in Residence at Swarthmore Education Collage, Leeds, in the early 80's I was awarded a Yorkshire Arts travel grant and became a member of the Yorkshire Arts Crafts Committee under Simon Roodhouse. I later became Chair of Designer Makers North, was a member of Northern Potters and appointed lecturer for the Studio Ceramics Course at Harrogate College of Arts before moving to Shropshire in the early 90's to take up a lecturing post at the University of Wolverhampton.
I am pleased to be represented in the collections of four major Yorkshire galleries, Bradford Galleries and Museums, Leeds Art Gallery (Lotherton Hall), York Museum and Art Gallery (Bill Ismay collection) and Huddersfield Art Gallery. So I have a lot to thank Yorkshire for and relish returning to see many dear friends when exhibiting at The CPA York Ceramics Fair in March 26. Over the years I have been fortunate to exhibit with Godfrey & Watt and I'm delighted to be invited to participate in this very special show.
My current work responds to observations of rural and coastal landscapes. Details in the landscape such as weather-worn eroded structures are of particular interest, whilst atmosphere and sense of place are important elements.
These ceramic forms are produced by hand-built techniques using black earthenware clay. White engobe is applied to the clay surface sometimes being drawn through when wet. Brushed coloured engobes and underglaze colour are then worked together on the leather hard clay surface like paint on canvas. Forms are brushed with transparent glazes and fired to 1120˚C.
Dennis has exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently in Kyoto, Japan in November 2024.
I am pleased to be represented in the collections of four major Yorkshire galleries, Bradford Galleries and Museums, Leeds Art Gallery (Lotherton Hall), York Museum and Art Gallery (Bill Ismay collection) and Huddersfield Art Gallery. So I have a lot to thank Yorkshire for and relish returning to see many dear friends when exhibiting at The CPA York Ceramics Fair in March 26. Over the years I have been fortunate to exhibit with Godfrey & Watt and I'm delighted to be invited to participate in this very special show.
My current work responds to observations of rural and coastal landscapes. Details in the landscape such as weather-worn eroded structures are of particular interest, whilst atmosphere and sense of place are important elements.
These ceramic forms are produced by hand-built techniques using black earthenware clay. White engobe is applied to the clay surface sometimes being drawn through when wet. Brushed coloured engobes and underglaze colour are then worked together on the leather hard clay surface like paint on canvas. Forms are brushed with transparent glazes and fired to 1120˚C.
Dennis has exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently in Kyoto, Japan in November 2024.
