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My Ceramics

In the studio I like to do	Handbuilding, Throwing on the Wheel, Slip casting, Sculpting
Pottery Wheel	Rhode
Clay body	Earthenware, Stoneware, Porcelain
Clay Brand	St Patricks range & Wild clay
Kiln Type	Electric Kiln, Gas Kiln
Kiln Atmosphere	Reduction Atmosphere, Oxidation Atmosphere
Temperature	1100 – 1300 degrees c
Glaze	Lots of different glazes depending on my artistic depiction of the landscape I am representing.Mostly make my own
You can buy my work from	http://www.traceyjohnstonceramics.com https://craftni.org/makers/tracey-johnston/

About Me

Introduction	I’m a ceramic landscape artist from Northern Ireland, specifically the Ulster coastline.
What I Love about Ceramics	It’s diversity and permanent existence
How I started with ceramics	Looking for a form of art that I could master
What inspires me	Nature
What I'm working on at the moment	For my degree in ceramics I completed a body of work based around Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. I am currently extending this work and other areas of the Ulster coastline.
My Artist Statement	I’m a ceramic landscape artist who takes an anthropological approach to research that informs my site specific work.
My CV	Professional Activities 2024 – Exhibition Craft NI, Brilliant Generations 2024 – Ulster Tatler Awards 2024 – Exhibition at Down Arts Centre, Conversations 2024 – Creative Peninsula Exhibition at North Down Museum 2024 – Creative Peninsula Exhibition at Ards Art Centre 2024 – Present teaching assistant for Ulster University 2024 – Creating an artist residency in collaboration with WWT Castle Espie 2024 – Present – Resident Artist at Castle Espie WWT 2023 – Ulster Tatler Awards 2023 – Awarded best new comer Craft NI at Pathways exhibition 2022 – Present – Teach Evening Class at Ards & Down art centre 2022 – Ulster Tatler Awards 2022 – AFHEA 2021- Present – Teach Short Course Ceramics at Ulster University, Belfast 2022 – Graduate in Residence Ulster University 2021 – Ulster Tatler Awards 2021 – Associate ceramist to Derek Wison 2021 – Ulster University Edge Award 2020 – Assistant potter and teacher to the ‘NOW’ Group 2020 – Recipient of the Richard K Degenhardt Scholarship 2018/19 – Dean’s List for Academic Year 2018/19 2019 – Ceramic masterclass with Alberto Bustos 2014 – 2017 – Full-time charity work in Italy for Presbyterian Church in Ireland 2015 – Full time Study of Italian at Idea Verona, Verona, Italy 2014 – Sharpening your interpersonal skills (1 week residential) 2004 – 2014 – Senior Sales, Retail 2002 – 2004 – Craft Lecturer of Out centres for the Upper Bann Institute Publications 2023 – Northern Ireland Interiors 2023 – Ulster Tatler 2022 – Eye News 2021 – Irish Ceramics by John Goode 2019 – Director of operations – La Bibbia Racconta Gesu 2019 – Ceramic Ireland – Issue 44 (page 58) Exhibitions 2023 – 142nd Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition at Ulster Museum Belfast 2023 – Ards Peninsula Arts Centre 2023 – North Down Museum 2023 – Pathways Exhibition Craft Ireland 2021 – 140th Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition at Ulster Museum, Belfast 2021 – New Generation Gallery, Irish Arts Review 2021 – Craft Gallery NI 2021 – Ards and North Down, Town Hall 2021 – North Down Museum 2019 – 139th Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition at Ulster Museum, Belfast Gallery Craft Gallery NI Gallery 1608, Bushmills