JUDE JELFS

[BRITISH B.1950]

EARTHENWARE VASE

FLAT FORM

TITLED ‘EVE IN STRIPPED PYJAMAS’

SIGNED AND TITLED TO VERSO

• 30CM

• 17CM

JUDE JELFS

[BRITISH B.1950]

STUDING AT SOMERSET COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN THEN GLOUCESTER COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN IN FINE ART. WORKING MAINLY IN BRONZE WHEN STUDYING SCULPTURE AND FINE ART PAINTING. IN 1972 SHE MARRIED JOHN JELFS WHO IS A POTTER AND SHE DISCOVERED THIS MEDIUM. JUDE HAS FOUND HERSELF PROGRESSING AWAY FROM FUNCTIONAL WARES TOWARDS MORE SCULPTURAL IDEAS. HER WORK CELEBRATES THE HUMAN BODY GENERALLY BEING FLAT, SLAB-BUILT VESSELS IN EARTHENWARE OR PORCELAIN

THEY BOTH WORK AT THE COTSWOLD POTTERY, LOCATED IN BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER.