Rowena Gilbert Contemporary Ceramics

Graduating with a BA (Hons) Three Dimensional Crafts (specialising in Ceramics), Rowena went on to win 'The Best Up and Coming Local Artist Award, Brighton and Hove 2002' and set up in a ceramic art studio as a full time artist and maker where she continues to develop her contemporary ceramic designs that have gained her exhibitions nationally and internationally.

This year, Rowena won the title "Craft & Design Selected Award 2011 Finalist - Ceramics" for her outstanding ceramic designs.

Her work has a distinctive linear design. Using additions of metal oxides for reds, blacks and blues, the coloured clay layers are brushed on or inlaid in incised lines and marks on the slip cast form. The surface marks are created using various graffito tools when the clay vessel is in a leather-hard state.

She bisque fires, then masks areas on the outside of the vessel using wax resist, glazing the inside and the unmasked areas with a transparent gloss with the final firing at 1160°C. All pieces are high-fired earthenware and functional.

All pieces are individually hand made by Rowena in her Brighton studio and have her signature mark on the base.