Steve Sheridan Ceramics

Born in toronto ontario heineman received an honours diploma from sheridan college school of craft and design oakville ontario in 1979 a b fa.

Steve sheridan ceramics. I am a potter living in the urbanised wilds of the blue mountains outside sydney. He has worked as an. Steve sheridan 1959 was born in sydney and worked as a landscape architect before taking up an australian council for the arts traineeship at kelvin grove cae from 1979 1981. On his retrn to australia in 1953 ivan started the well known sturt pottery in mittagong and it was here he began his lifelong investigation and use of australian raw.

From the new york state college of ceramics at alfred university alfred ny. Porcelain wentworth falls pottery. I trained under steve sheridan as a schoolboy at bryanston school in dorset. Steve will demonstrate a series of thrown forms whilst talking about his approach to being a potter and how the song dynasty in particular has influenced his work.

Steve heineman born 1957 is a canadian artist working in ceramics. Welcome welcome to the website of steve sheridan. From the kansas city art institute kansas city mo in 1984 and an m f a. Ivan mcmeekins potting career began in cornwall at michael cardews wenford bridge pottery.

Over time i have looked at a number of porcelain clays made by commercial suppliers. He then worked as a studio apprentice with kevin grealy at the queensland potters workshop for a year and subsequently attended studio workshops with gwyn hanssen. I work in south gloucestershire where i have also established an open access ceramics makerspace. The clay loft adjacent to my studio.

I have been potting now for about 40 years. More recently i have changed my porcelain body to one made here in nsw by keanes ceramics based in gosford. Steve will also talk about his glazing materials how he sources and grinds particular rocks for his celadon glazes and fires in a large gas kiln in a reduction atmostphere. The porcelain is named lumina and is a fine body.

It is very plastic forgiving to work with and has better drying behaviour than southern ice. She loves to produce beautiful but affordable pottery for people to use and enjoy on an everyday basis as well as one off art pieces. Having apprenticed in australia to master potter steve sheridan giulietta specialises in thrown items both in stoneware and porcelain whilst developing her own glazes.