Froude & Froude

Laura Froude (B.A. Hons Fine Art ATC) is a fine artist and qualified teacher with over 30 years’ experience. She studied at Farnham and Goldsmiths College, University of London. Laura is predominantly a painter and her artworks in various different media are about moments in time seen through her own personal lens, and her emotional responses to these moments. Laura has lived, taught and exhibited in London, the South East, as well as in Italy. Laura is a deeply intuitive painter with a strong academic background in drawing from her days at Farnham where life drawing was a daily class for all students. The lively mark-making and brushstrokes in her paintings are influenced by time spent in Nino Mustica’s studio in Catania, Sicily.

David Froude (B.A Hons Fine Art ATC) met Laura on the Fine Arts degree course at Farnham. The college at that time had a very strong craft pottery tradition, with Henry Hammond being a particular influence. David subsequently worked and exhibited in Italy for three years. A post-graduate qualification at Goldsmith’s followed, with further creative collaborations. David’s work has always explored the relationship between 2D and 3D, and he has taught the technical and expressive side of 3D in secondary schools for over 35 years, using his own creativity as an important teaching tool. He has exhibited in London and the South East as well as in Italy. Creating ceramics combining throwing with cast forms that are both functional and decorative has led to the current dynamic collaboration with Laura.

Naked Vessels:

These unique ceramic pieces bring together Laura’s passion for the exploration of the human form and David’s ceramic expertise. David makes his own slip and casts the forms in his studio. Laura works from the life model, and using underglazes, creates these unique pieces. A transparent glossy glaze is applied and a second firing to 1050 centigrade completes the process. Laura and David have now set up a working studio and pottery in Folkestone, where they work on personal and collaborative projects contributing to the local creative community.

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