Bronwen Grieves has been pursuing her interest in ceramics for 37 years. She encountered it almost by chance after a friend enrolled her at an evening class following Bronwen’s move from London to Nottingham in 1986. She loved the feel of working with clay and kept coming back. She didn’t find it easy, it took her a long time before she could make anything that she found interesting and years to establish a style of her own. Always a hand builder, it was perhaps the difficulty she experienced and the limitless possibilities of clay that maintained her fascination with and interest in object building from the beginning to the present day.
Over the following years, Bronwen continued to re-enroll for pottery evening classes alongside studying, work and raising two daughters with her partner. In 2010 she bought a second hand kiln and a shed to work in. There she continued to work alongside other commitments for another 8 years before the gentle persistence of her partner and some friends led to her showing her work for the first time in 2018.
Garden studio in Nottingham. Inspiration comes from both the natural and built environments.
Grogged stoneware clays used to provide the strength to build fragile forms .
Chunky black stoneware left unglazed to reveal the texture.
Work minimally decorated with black or white slips.