Contact me by email - moira.goodall@gmail.com
for enquires about my work
News
I am delighted to announce that I have been selected to produce two vessels for the Homo Faber Biennial taking place in Venice this September. It's an enormous honour and I can't wait to visit this global exhibition of crafts selected from all corners of the world. More news to follow.
And from global to local!
I am taking part in the annual Burnham Art Trail, now in its 22nd year. I have participated in this lovely local event for many years although have missed it for the last two years as busy with other exhibitions. I'm happy to be back on my own patch again and meet all my fellow local artists and visitors. Its on the last week of June - check out the website for details.
I've not come down yet from my time at Ceramic Art London (CAL) It's such a great event - so wonderful to meet my customers as well as mix with others potters. It can get a bit lonely out here on the Essex coast so I'm always ready for a chat about ceramics. I completely sold out of all small and medium sized work so I've been busy making new.
Last year I was accepted as a full member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen (MSDC). It's a great honour and I'm very proud to be a member of one of the oldest and most highly regarded arts and crafts society in the UK.
I am also extremely pleased to have also been accepted as a professional member of Design Nation. A wonderful community full of energy and ideas as well as a stunning portfolio of talent.
You can of course still purchase my work at any of the stockists listed below but if there is anything you specifically would like, then please reach out to me by email or DM Instagram. I will be able to tell you what stock each gallery has to save you a journey.
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Stockists and Exhibition information
Contemporary Ceramics, Bloomsbury, London
Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
Fire and Flux, Norwich
SOTA Gallery, Witney, Oxfordshire
Whitewater Contemporary Gallery, Polzeath, Cornwall
I am a selected member of Anglian Potters, Suffolk Craft Society, Craft Potters Association (CPA) Design Nation and the Society of Designer Craftsmen
A sense of place
As you walk along a beach, your eye is often drawn to a particular stone or shell. Who knows what it is that makes it stand out from the crowd, and as you pick it up you admire its colours, texture and form before putting it in your pocket.
It feels good in your hand as you explore its form and surfaces which tells the story of its long journey through the rough hands of the waves and tides. When wet the stone is shiny and bright but as it dries the colours become muted, more in keeping with the tones of the surrounding beach.
Inspired by coastal form, colour and light
I create hand built contemporary vessels, inspired by my discovery of the salt marshes and tidal coastline that surround me, where sand and stones, plants and birds, water and sky perform a complex dance to tidal rhythms – every element bearing the unmistakable stamp of its origin.
My aim is to create artwork that embodies the sense of peace that I find when contemplating the tidal coast, both at large and small scale.
