January 19, 2012
Sambana Ceramics
SAMBANA CERAMICS is a new venture by well-known potter Catherine Hall (née Fender). She and husband Geoff have been working on their home and studio for some time now and it is finally ready for use – by them and by you.
Fully equipped studio
The studio is an ample space where Catherine will be giving classes to a number of selected students wishing to improve on their knowledge of ceramics and pottery – and to those wishing to start from scratch, whose fingers and heart are itching to get creative.
Catherine at work
Catherine is an Honours student, graduating from the University of Westminster in Harrow, obtaining her Masters Degree in Three Dimensional Design at the Kent Institute of Art & Design. She holds a P.G.C.E. (Postgraduate Certificate in Education).
The daughter of Pat and Homer Fender, both painters of renown, Catherine set up and ran her own ceramics workshop in Andalucía in the early 1990s, where she designed and produced thrown domestic ware and ‘one-off’ decorative vessel forms.
After that she became the pottery tutor at Greenhill College, Adult Education Centre, in Harrow, and then at the Haimo Adult Education Centre in Greenwich.
Most of her more recent work uses slab and slip casting methods.
Her studio, in the quiet fields outside the lovely village of Jimena, contains all the necessary equipment -including two kilns of different types- for all kinds of work to be produced.
At present, plans are to offer students in the Campo de Gibraltar the opportunity to learn, to design and create their own work.
Please call her on
697 574 027
or e-mail:
guarda.fuegos@hotmail.com
TO JOIN THEM:
HERE ARE SOME OF THEIR COMMENTS:
“An absorbing and creative course that is inspiring us all.” J.A.
“Catherine, our teacher, has so much patience. She is systematically guiding us through the creative stages.” M.W.
“The pottery course has stirred up my imagination. I am now looking at the shapes, colours and textures of everyday objects around me with quite a different eye.” S.S.
“I have to stop myself from going to the pottery during the rest of the week.” B.B.
