Karin Hessenberg

72 Broomgrove Road, Sheffield, S10 2NA

0114 266 1610
mail@karinhessenberg.co.uk
karin.hessenberg@openupsheffield.co.uk
www.karinhessenberg.co.uk

Original sculptures and unusual ornaments for gardens and plants made in high-fired Craft Crank stoneware clay with matt glazes. Sources of inspiration include medieval sculpture, Indian architecture, gardens and games.

My work is large-scale ornamental objects for gardens, such as birdbaths, planters, lanterns and sculptures. I have looked to art forms beyond traditional ceramics as inspirations for my designs, including Indian architecture, Peruvian textiles, Victorian ironwork, ancient and medieval sculpture and plant forms.

Recently I have been developing my figurative sculptures as pieces in their own right and drawing on my range of ceramic techniques and processes to create them. Sculptures include a complete chess set where pieces can be purchased individually, and busts representing the Four Elements or Four Seasons.

My work is made from Craft Crank stoneware or from semi-porcelain. Techniques include free hand modelling, slab building and some coiling. I decorate my work with impressed patterns or applied sprigs using my own hand-carved plaster blocks and sprig-moulds.

All the work is raw glazed and fired to 1260oC in oxidation.

STUDIO: My studio is in the old kitchen of a Victorian house with two kilns in a conservatory at the back.

Narrow side passage to garden, one low step into studio.

Disabled Access Commissions Taken Tuition Offered

Open Sat 30th April Open Sun 1st May Open Mon 2nd May

DIRECTIONS: Buses from/to town 6, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 88, 65, 214, 240, 272. Alight at Collegiate Crescent stop on Ecclesall Road. Two minutes walk to Broomgrove Road.

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