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Mary Crowder was born in Luton in 1956. Initially she trained in the NHS as a nurse. In 2002 Mary began studying Ceramics at Bath Spa University. Currently she is completing her final year in Drawing & Applied Arts at UWE Bristol.

Mary works in a variety of media including slip-cast ceramics, sculpture; silk-screen, mono, typography, lithography and embossing printing techniques. She is constantly experimenting with different materials in order to incorporate these into her work.

Inspiration is drawn from concepts involving the combination of various materials which are not normally placed together, to produce an alchemic artefact.

Since 2003 she has shown extensively in the South West Region including "Signature" at the Wide White Wall, UWE, Bristol; "Bristol Art Show" Centre Space, Bristol and The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.

Contact Mary Crowder
For artwork sales & to commission works, contact Mary Crowder:
Phone: +44 (0)7963 658509
Email: mary@mec2003.fsnet.co.uk

CERAMICS
The ceramics have been created by slip-casting, the clay being made to Mary's own recipe and organic sawdust smoke firing.

The patterns are achieved by the application of Raku crackle glaze plus organic materials; sand, grass, bamboo leaves, stalks, banana skins, dirt and plant waste.

HETERONYMS
Heteronyms have duality, alternative narratives. The letters have been reconfigured to create what initially would seem a perplexing image, a seemingly unstructured narrative where the letters have become obscure. However, BASS is still bound by the same sequence of letters, resulting in duality of image, an alternative visual narrative; aiming to provoke fundamental inquiry about reading and seeing.

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