BIOGRAPHY
Sarah Core is an award-winning British ceramic artist who graduated with a BA (Hons) in Ceramic Design.
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| University of the Arts London BA(Hons), Ceramic Design, 2010–2013 Middlesex University BA(Hons), English and Literary Studies with the History of Ideas, 1994-1997 | ||
| The Crystal Healer: Philip Permutt “Britain’s leading crystal expert” Meditation Teacher Training, completed January 2014 Crystal Master Teacher, completed June 2013 | ||
| Has also studied under Sandy Brown Duncan Hooson | ||
CollectionsPrivate collection, Nuneaton Private collection, Liverpool Private collection, London |
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| 2022 | ||
| January ff | Mindfulness through clay Online clay workshop series | Workshop |
| 2021 | ||
| December | Physical Exhibition: Courtyard Arts Members Show, Hertford | |
| November | Groundwork East (project initiated November 2020) Shepreth Station | Public commission |
| June | Living Crafts, with Clay with Carole Hatfield House | |
| June – November | Groundwork East (project initiated August 2020) Houghton Regis, at the source of Houghton Brook | Public commission / workshop |
| June – November | Groundwork East (project initiated August 2020) Houghton Regis, at the source of Houghton Brook | Public commission / workshop |
| March | LEAP, Pinch Pot Paradise Online clay workshop | Corporate workshop |
| January – March | BLESMA, Pinch Pot Paradise Three online clay workshops | Workshop |
| 2020 | ||
| December | Serenity Radio Interview feature on the health benefits of working with clay, with Amanda Joy Harrison, interview available on buzzsprout here. | Radio interview feature |
| October – November | Physical Exhibition: The Second Edition Highgate Contemporary Art, London | |
| October | Hertford Art Trail | |
| June | In conversation with WeFind Local.co.uk, interview with Rob Lacey | Feature article |
| May – June | Covid -19: Lockdown 1 Mindful clay Conceived delivered online mindful clay workshops, via Zoom. | Educator |
| March ff | Covid-19: Lockdown 1 Clay at home parcels #stayathome | Educator |
| 2019 | ||
| September | Open Studios – Herts Visual Arts | |
| July | Red House – Community Craft National Trust, Bexleyheath | |
| June | Wake up Whetstone ‘Make and take with clay’, Whetstone High Road, London | |
| April | Courtyard Arts Open Exhibition, Courtyard Arts Centre, Hertford | |
| April – May | Hertford Art Trail | |
| April – June | Big Art Showcase, New Maynard Gallery, Welwyn Garden City | |
| May | Living Crafts, Hatfield House | |
| April | An introduction to my work: Hertford Art Trail, Hertford Castle | Talk |
| February | Nude of Fully Clothed, Nude Tin Can Gallery, St Albans | |
| 2018 | ||
| September | Open Studios – Herts Visual Arts | |
| ‘Behind the studio door’, by Sandra Smith, Hertfordshire Life magazine | Magazine article | |
| 2016 | ||
| August | Society of Designer Craftsmen – Designer Crafts at the Mall The Mall Galleries | |
| January – March | Going Solo, by Paul Bailey ‘Emerging Potters’ | Magazine feature |
| 2015 | ||
| October ff | (2015-2016) Relax and Recharge with pottery Conceived and presented my own adult learning programme the Millfield Art Centre in north London. Monthly adult learning: · Step by step approach to clay building methods · improving our relationship with ourselves and the world around us The series focused on relaxation and recharging through hands on learning of the core clay curriculum and relaxation exercises during each session. | Educator |
| October | Industrial Nature: new works by Sarah Core Society of Designer Craftsmen Gallery, London | Solo exhibition |
| September | TENT London, London Design Festival, Old Truman Brewery | |
| April | Art in Mind: Freedom, The Brick Lane Gallery | |
| January | Society of Designer Craftsmen – Designer Crafts at the Mall 2015 The Mall Galleries London, SW1 | |
| 2014 | ||
| September | TENT London 2014, London Design Festival, Old Truman Brewery | |
| September | In clay with Sarah Core, by Christian Sinnspiel http://sinnspiel.net/2014/09/in-clay-with-sarah-core/ | Blogger feature |
| June | Craft and Design Fair West Dean featuring MADE, West Dean – The Edward James Foundation, Chichester | |
| June | Joy of Sound ‘My house your house: Casa Mia Casa Tua’ St Peters Heritage Centre, Vauxhall, SE11 5HYWorking with volunteers and art therapists, the workshop celebrated house and home.Images and feelings associated with home were explored visually in surface and relief making by participants and facilitators. The aims for the workshop were to imagine and re-imagine images of home that we can all share and celebrate together. Through bringing facets of our homes together in a symbolic gesture and individual and collective narratives were drawn out, explored and reflected upon. The model homes were saved towards the end of the workshop series. | Art therapy workshop |
| May – August | One day workshops, Meditation MAKE Guided meditations inform taught making exercises. Participants learned to let go of the end product and to work with their creativity in the moment, experiencing hands-on making with one or more of the core clay skills. | Workshop |
| 2013 | ||
| October | 3 Faiths Forum Urban Dialogues, Red Gallery, Shoreditch | |
| September | TENT London, London Design Festival, Old Truman Brewery | |
| June – September | Sculptural Ceramics, Pangolin London | |
| July | Clay Cargo, Clayground Collective The Skip Garden and The Fordham Gallery | |
| July | ‘I work with my heart but I reach with my hands’, Shedlight Productions https://vimeo.com/69348401 | Film |
| April – June | ‘The surface glittered out of heart of light’, April – June 2013 Consultation with Princess Royal Trust – Coventry Carers Centre Conceived and presented drawing workshops with service users with the following outcomes: · Graphic expressions of care by workshop participants · Integration of my graphic expressions with work of participants · Bone china tryptic sculpture fusing graphical expressions as surface pattern on ceramic tableware. These workshops accessed the hidden world of unpaid carers, a demographic that saves the NHS £123 billion (https://carersuk.stagingbox.co.uk/news-and-campaigns/press-releases/unpaid-carers-save-the-uk-132-billion-a-year-the-cost-of-a-second-nhs) | Workshop |
| 2012 | ||
| July | Marathon Make, Clayground Collective, Morley Gallery, London | |
| June | ‘All quiet on the domestic front’, essay by Sarah Core Selected for the library of The Geffreye Museum, London | Writing |
About Sarah
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