Robert Cooper is an established ceramicist who has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally. He is fascinated by the persistence of artefacts and ideas. He often uses found objects, such as pottery shards from the Thames foreshore, which are imbued with a previous life and function, as a starting point for his work.
He has, for many years, employed recycling as a mode of working. Different elements such as clays, oxides and glazes left over from teaching sessions, discontinued ceramic transfers, printed imagery from popular culture and even pieces of previous work are recombined to create new narratives with multiple meanings
He has, for many years, employed recycling as a mode of working. Different elements such as clays, oxides and glazes left over from teaching sessions, discontinued ceramic transfers, printed imagery from popular culture and even pieces of previous work are recombined to create new narratives with multiple meanings
Watch "Masterclass with Robert Cooper" | Ceramic Review
EXHIBITIONS:
London Craft Week May 9-12 2018
Vanguard Court studios
Vanguard Court Studio 2d/e
35-38 Peckham Road Camberwell
London SE5 8QT Tel: 020 8488 3986
M² (at)15 a retrospective exhibition celebrating fifteen years of a unique gallery space.
10 -27 May 2018, 12 - 5 pm (Thursday - Sunday)
APT Gallery, 6 Creekside, Deptford
London SE8 4SA
m2 Gallery www.aptstudios.org/info/find.html
INTERVIEWS/POSTS/Etc.
Ceramic Review: From The Shoreline: Today’s mudlarking ceramists: https://www.ceramicreview.com/from-the-shoreline/
Alison Swan Website 'JOURNAL' www.alisonswan.com/robert-cooper
Holding onto Memory a short post on Robert's work at CAA by Frances McDonald