Welcome to Ro Ceramics

'It's the journey that counts'

I find that clay gives me the space, variety and challenge to keep me on the never ending path of discovery and experimentation. When I first started dabbling in clay, I had no ambition to reach any level of fame and still don't. However, I would like to see my pots featured at various levels of exhibition.

• In craft fairs
• In magazine or newspaper articles
• In collective exhibitions

My pots reflect my fascination with simple decoration and individualism. As a studio potter, all my pots are one-offs simpley because each one is designed, made and decorated individually with no effort to copy or make identical ones. This keeps me searching for the perfect mug, bowl and wall hanging.

The other aspect that i look to is the tactile and texture feel when the pot has been glazed and fired. This enables me to investigate the usage of a number of natural tools (e.g tree bark, sea shells) which are impressed or embedded and allowed to have their own ‘say’ in the finished pot.

Clay gives me the freedom to stretch both the material and my imagination to the limit and this has led, many a time, to discovering avenues which would not have been encouraged in classroom settings. I believe that it is important to learn the techniques required and this would help in avoiding many disappointments following the multiple firing processes. However, I also believe that there is no ‘good or bad’ method of making a pot, only whether the finished pot is aesthetically pleasing and successful in carrying out the function it is meant for.

May I never reach the end of the journey and always be able to embrace ‘new ways of working’ with clay.

Rosella Schembri − April 2010

2010 Craft Fairs & Exhibitions

• Craft Fair
  13th & 14th March
  Hylands House, Hylands Park
  Chelmsford CM2 8WQ
• Craft Fair
  1st to 3rd May
  RHS Gardens, Hyde Hall
  Rettendon CM3 8ET
• Craft Fair
  10th & 11th July
  Clare Priory
  Suffolk CO10 8NX
• Working Show
  4th to 8th August
  Ingatestone Hall
  Ingatestone CM4 9NR
• Summer Selling Exhibition
  17th to 30th August
  Old Library
  Emmanuel College
  Cambridge CB2 3AP
• Craft Fair
  29th & 30th August
  Cressing Temple
  Cressing CM77 8PD
• Autumn Garden Show
  18th September
  Melford Hall
  Long Melford, Suffolk
• Ickworth Park Wood Sale & Craft Fair
  9th & 10th October
  Ickworth Park Gardens
  Bury St Edmunds IP29 5QE
• The Art & Craft
  Design Show
  5th to 7th November
  Millenium Grandstand
  Newmarket Racecourses
  Westfield House
  Newmarket CB8 0TG
• Winter Selling Exhibition
  13th November to 12th December
  All Saints Church
  Cambridge CB5 8BS