Ian Gregory - Ceramic Sculptor

Ian's career has taken him into a great many areas of the ceramic spectrum, including salt glazed stoneware, lifesize statuary, raku and mixed media installation. He was one of the first potters to experiment with what has become called paperclay and he is an inavaterive kiln builder who is able and often does build a kiln in a few hours for a specific piece of sculpture. He is even an accomplished watercolour painter and before ceramics became the focal point in his life, he was a successful actor appearing frequently on stage, televison and film.

Ian's work can been seen in many public and private collections in the UK, Europe and the USA. His most recent work is by far his most challenging, both in production and to the viewers sensibilities. His dogs can be savage, menacing and sometimes sinister as they crouch with exagerated limbs, waiting to pounce and bite. His animals can be disturbing as well as comic, with fat lazy pigs and sleeping dogs cleverly depicted with ample folds of flabby flesh apparently quickly and easily achived in impressionistic style, with clay being allowed to be clay, yet managing to capture the muscle tone and skeletal features with minimum effort.

Ian also has two new books being published this year, 'Alternative Kilns' which will run along side his current 'Kiln Building' book and 'Animal Ceramics' which is a companion volume to his 'Sculptural Ceramics' book which is now in it's third edition.

 

Ian will be continuing his summer courses at his studio in Dorset which cover many aspects of hand building and figurative sculpture including materials, construction, the use of paperclay and firing methods.

 

Contact Details

 

To visit the Ian's home gallery or for information about Ian's Ceramics Sculpture Courses, please contact Ian and Lynda Gregory.

The Studio, Crumble Cottage, Lower Ansty, Dorchester, Dorset. DT2 7PN. UK.

Telephone and Fax: +44 (0) 1258 880 891

Email: ian@ian-gregory.co.uk