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Artist Statement:
I work in Jamaica, the
Caribbean island of wood and
water. I use stoneware clay
from Florida, all fired at
cone 9 (1285 deg. C). Most of
my work is wheel thrown
functional ware with an
artistic flare. I build all my
own equipment like kilns and
wheels from local materials,
real pioneer style.
Glaze materials sourced
locally include feldspar,
whiting, granite, silica, wood
ash, bone ash and other
minerals like black beach
sand. These reflect the
natural earth colours, as seen
in my work. I also like to
carve the clay or scrape the
glaze off to create
contrasting highlights.
My main influences have been
Phil Rogers and Shoji Hamada.I
call myself the Spiritual
Potter as this reflects not
only my work but my new path
to enlightenment.
More details of each work are
available on request.
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Trevor Beaumont Biography:
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| Your Personal Biography |
Trevor Beaumont was born in 1955 in Lusaka, Zambia. He now lives in Mandeville, Jamaica, where he has been potting constantly for two and a half years. His African upbringing led him to adopt and self reliant approach to life and he applies this to all aspects of his pottery. He has build three pioneer style potteries, one in Indonesia, one in Annotto Bay, St. Mary and the latest in Mandeville. He makes his own fire bricks, kilns, kick-wheels and creates all glazes from local materials. He held a one man show in 1989 at Bolivar Gallery, opened by Cecil Baugh. When not potting, Trevor Beaumont is a professional Irrigation Engineer.
His glazes use local materials. For the bone ash, cow bones are collected from a farmer’s grave yard. These are fired to 700o C, ground in a pestle and mortar and finally run through a ball mill. Wood ash is obtained from local fire boxes, in this case from Clays of Jamaica. It is washed and sieved and used wet in the glaze formulas. Feldspar is dug in St. Mary along the Wag River, ground in a pestle and mortar and ball milled. Glaze formulas are developed from hundreds of triaxial line blends and successful mixes put into production. Some pots are raw glazed and once fired. This lends a spontaneity to the pot but recently a move is been made to double firing.
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