Porcelain animals by Jennifer Robinson
Porcelain animals by Jennifer Robinson
British ceramic artist Jennifer Robinson was born in England in 1955. She spent most of her childhood in the north east of England, on the North Yorkshire coast. Her mother was interested in plants and amphibians. Her father was a geology lecturer, with a passion for fossils. This background helped her to develop her interest in nature and in art. As a child she enjoyed modelling animals in plasticine. Jennifer has been a professional potter since 1979, then started specializing in hand modeled animals. Jennifer’s animals are either humorist or full of tenderness, or both.
Jennifer shares her experience: “I work with several different earthenware and stoneware clays, (white, red, black and brown, smooth or grogged) fired between 1000°C and 1280°C, and decorated with a large range of colors. Sometimes I associate the clay with other materials, for instance the brass and copper wire I use for my cows and silly birds but not much now as these materials are getting too expensive”.