Janice Tchalenko Ceramics

The bright colourful designs made an immediate impact and in 1988 the leopard pattern won the first manchester prize for art in production.

Janice tchalenko ceramics.

Poole pottery hand painted production lines 1994 2006. She became the leading designer for dartington. I set up my first studio in east dulwich south london after finishing the harrow studio pottery course in 1971. Janice tchalenko developed glazes of great richness and depth of colour as on this reduced stonewarebowl 1985.

Ceramic table project at the nicholas mosse pottery in bennettsbridge kilkenny ireland 2001 2. Traditionally stoneware has subdued colours. Pryke tchalenko designs tableware range 2014. Some feared she would lower the status of ceramics but instead she raised the status of decoration.

In 1986 designer s guild produced a collection of textiles waterleaf based on the surface pattern of my ceramics. I worked closely with tricia guild head and founder of the company and peter westcott in the design studio to capture the essence of the glaze qualities. Tables were jigger and jolleyed bisque fired and then painted with earthenware glazes. Website and portfolio of ceramic artist janice tchalenko.

Janice tchalenko 2016 site design by yeshen. Tim hill tchalenko was born in rugby warwickshire. Platter 1985 19 48 cm. Janice tchalenko 2016.

Janice tchalenko joined the team at darlington pottery workshop in 1984 to design ranges of table and giftware closely based on her own techniques and aesthetic. At the end of the 1970s she pioneered a changing attitude to decoration and began to apply bright colours in bold patterns to stoneware pottery. I worked there for the next 43 years and built a 12 cubic ft gas reduction kiln firing to temperatures of up to 1280 degrees centigrade. A look inside the studio of ceramicist janice tchalenko.

Industry work and commissions.