Rosalind Smith Ceramics

Rosalind works in earthenware using simple slips and glazes to create the highly decorative figures that are a feature of her work.

Rosalind smith ceramics. Rosalind smith rosalind creates slipware pots and figures in the tradition of 17th and 18th century english country pottery. Before moving to rosalind s current city of newtown pa rosalind lived in corpus christi tx and springfield va. Sometimes rosalind goes by various nicknames including rosalinda l smith conway r smith roz smith conway roz l conway and rosalind l conway. However the same can t be said for peak district based rosalind smith who is carving out a career as one of the most exciting art potters in the uk.

Celebrating ceramics at waterperry gardens in oxford is in its second year and was a fantastic event in 2019. They re made from red earthenware and coated in a white clay decorated in green brown and blue. It is a big show featuring lots small marquees in a beautiful setting with lovely food and music. Former model ros has swapped the catwalk for the potter s wheel after what can only be described as a fateful encounter with one of the most elusive and respected ceramicists working today geoff fuller and it all happened by accident just a few years ago.

Unlike most potters rosalind only ever concentrates on one piece at a time modelling each by hand so that it is uniquely different from its predecessor. Rosalind smith english earthenware b09 rosalind s work is hand built in the tradition of early earthenware makers and decorated with her own slips and glazes.