Babs Taylor 
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Babs started her ceramics career at an evening class in Bolton in 1981. Several ceramics and design courses later, she graduated from Preston Polytechnic (now Central Lancashire University) in 1990. She taught City & Guilds ceramics at Bolton Community College for 6 years before becoming head of department in 1997 and finally leaving the profession to set up her own studio in 2001. She uses many different making processes including throwing, coiling, slab building, press moulding and casting. Working mainly in stoneware and raku she formulates her own slips and glazes from the raw ingredients. Babs believes that pottery has no boundaries other than those we impose ourselves, and rules are things, which are meant to be broken. Inspiration for her pieces is derived mainly from the natural environment; the changing seasons, sunrise and sunset, clouds and lightning, petals, seeds and peeling bark and the colours and textures of the landscape, “sometimes seemingly impressionist, especially at dusk and dawn”. Babs exhibits her work in galleries throughout the UK and Southern Ireland and also sells at large ceramics festivals and association events. She is a member of:
Contact Babs Taylor Email: babs@babstaylor.co.uk
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