Group member: 32 b – Claire Pringle at Gallery 32
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Description for Website
I use ceramic techniques to capture and preserve things of beauty and importance. My current body of work focuses on capturing and preserving two diverse areas; domestic handicraft skills, such as sewing and crochet that have been passed down the generations, as well as locally found wild and garden plants.
The handicraft skills of my female ancestors is important to me and I use vintage, as well as my own sewing pattern pieces to create unique porcelain forms. Detailed crocheted pieces created by my great grandmother can often be seen within my work. Sadly, the incredible skills needed to create such intricate work are often overlooked and seen only as ‘women’s work’. By preserving them in porcelain, I hope to raise the status of these important skills and to embrace and celebrate the ‘femaleness’ of them.
The intricate nature of wild plants, which I find locally, can also be captured and preserved. By pressing them into porcelain and adapting my glazes, I can uncover minute details that are also often overlooked. Porcelain is a wonderful medium in which to capture fine details of leaves and petals.
I was born and raised in Durham and moved to Hertfordshire in 2002. I gained an MA in Fine Art at the University of Hertfordshire in 2014. Since then, I have exhibited in various local exhibitions and in London. I currently live and work in my garden studio in St Albans.
Description for Brochure / Publicity
I use porcelain to preserve things of beauty & importance in two areas: domestic handicraft skills, such as crochet, as well as locally found plants.
Tel: 07973 627717
Email (Brochure only): claire_pet@hotmail.com
Email (Website): claire_pet@hotmail.com
Instagram: clairepringleartist
Facebook: clairepringleartist
Website: https://www.hvaf.org.uk/artist/Claire-Pringle
Variant Opening Dates & Times
Email me on claire_pet@hotmail.com or message me on 07973627717to find out when I will be at the Gallery.
Additional information
Credit card facility, Commissions welcome
Working studio: No
Art specialisms: Ceramics
Shared details from the Group Venue
Venue
8 Leyton Road
Harpenden
AL5 2TL
Directions:
Pop Up Shop opposite Waitrose.
Special information: Easy parking
Accessibility: level4
Opening Dates and Times
September 2025
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Times
10am-5pm (Sun 10am-4pm)