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West Dean is part of a registered charity and relies on the support of generous donors, friends, legacies to help us deliver world-class education in conservation and the creative arts and maintain our award-winning gardens.
Rie Tsuruta
After her BA at the University of Brighton, Rie studied MA
Ceramics and Glass at the Royal College of Art which included work
placement at the Leach Pottery. She completed her MA in 2012 and
has started teaching at Medway Adult Education as well as
developing her own practice in a studio in London. She has
exhibited at Flow Gallery, New Ashgate Gallery and was shortlisted
for the 2014 British Ceramic Biennial FRESH Award.
As a cultural exchange, teaching Japanese pottery is fascinating.
Each new technique with Japanese terms will be clearly demonstrated
then followed up with one to one tuition. I will provide simple
techniques that the learners can exploit in their own work.
My tactile porcelain tableware is made to provoke a sense of
intimacy and awareness of touch. Forms and glaze colours derive
naturally from the impressions of landscape in my mind. My aim is
to create a still life or landscape in the domestic environment: in
other words, memory of landscape made tangible.