Adele is a designer and maker of ceramics. She has a portfolio of architectural ceramics and public realm art, which are placed within outside and inside spaces. An important element to this portfolio is the range of studio ceramics that explore the wider realm of landscape. Notions of the living landscape, abstraction, pollen grains, and natural pattern mark Adele Howitt’s ceramic art. Slab work is twisted and turned to add detailed relief utilising the traditional pottery techniques discovered whilst investigating the South Yorkshire Potteries. The clay is a sculptural medium, opposing the tradition of using it as a technical medium. Techniques include, drawing, hand building, coil / slab building, hand-thrown elements, extruded clay, printing and glazing. A restricted palette of matt glazes, engobes, are applied to red, black, or white clay. Wild plants growing in post-industrial historic landscapes are studied alongside research into their genus, revealing the structure of their pollen grains. This is paired with sketches of wild meadows that capture and distil the movement of nature. This search is developed into three-dimensional form that utilises the most sustainable and precious material of clay. The ceramic manifestations include methods of construction include slab work, throwing, hand-building, sprig and press moulds combined to create and enlarge the research into intricate sculptures.
‘I spend the best part of a month creating the large sculpture. Prior to the making, there's a few years of research into the genus of plants to find their pollen grains. This mostly started when I was a resident artist in Seville and worked closely with a bee-specialist. The research manifests as sketches and notes in my book. The sketches are transformed into small clay maquettes to enable the development of the idea into a 3 - dimensional form. It's not a representation, more of a conceit or a figurative celebration of nature, mindfully the importance of the wild / living landscapes to the environment.’
A Selected Member of the Crafts Potters Association
A Selected Member of Homo Faber
Member of the Crafts Council Database,
@AdeleHowitt
Instagram: @Adele.Howitt
Adele is a designer and maker of ceramics. She has a portfolio of architectural ceramics and public realm art, which are placed within outside and inside spaces. An important element to this portfolio is the range of studio ceramics that explore the wider realm of landscape. Notions of the living landscape, abstraction, pollen grains, and natural pattern mark Adele Howitt’s ceramic art. Slab work is twisted and turned to add detailed relief utilising the traditional pottery techniques discovered whilst investigating the South Yorkshire Potteries. The clay is a sculptural medium, opposing the tradition of using it as a technical medium. Techniques include, drawing, hand building, coil / slab building, hand-thrown elements, extruded clay, printing and glazing. A restricted palette of matt glazes, engobes, are applied to red, black, or white clay. Wild plants growing in post-industrial historic landscapes are studied alongside research into their genus, revealing the structure of their pollen grains. This is paired with sketches of wild meadows that capture and distil the movement of nature. This search is developed into three-dimensional form that utilises the most sustainable and precious material of clay. The ceramic manifestations include methods of construction include slab work, throwing, hand-building, sprig and press moulds combined to create and enlarge the research into intricate sculptures.
‘I spend the best part of a month creating the large sculpture. Prior to the making, there's a few years of research into the genus of plants to find their pollen grains. This mostly started when I was a resident artist in Seville and worked closely with a bee-specialist. The research manifests as sketches and notes in my book. The sketches are transformed into small clay maquettes to enable the development of the idea into a 3 - dimensional form. It's not a representation, more of a conceit or a figurative celebration of nature, mindfully the importance of the wild / living landscapes to the environment.’
A Selected Member of the Crafts Potters Association
A Selected Member of Homo Faber
Member of the Crafts Council Database,
@AdeleHowitt
Instagram: @Adele.Howitt
Adele Howitt's work is marked by notions of the living landscape, abstraction, pollen grains, and natural pattern. Slab work is twisted and turned utilising traditional pottery techniques to add detailed relief. For Adele, clay has plethora of possibilities and is a sculptural medium.
