ZARA ROBINSON-MARSHALL
Zara produces both decorative and practical ceramics. Her magpie nature draws from many cultural backgrounds and these diverse aesthetics strongly influence her ceramic work while her pieces are also rooted in contemporary designs. Both formal and personal training has enriched her work and she utilises a range of building techniques, including throwing, coiling, and hand building.  

 

Zara applies several layers of slips and glazes to create the complex textures and tones for each surface.  Currently Zara is exploring reduction techniques in her Raku kiln, and using coloured oxides and slips to to create colours that can only occur from the chemical reactions during her firing process. Her goal is to produce work that has its own quality and life.

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Initially completing a Diploma in 3D and Textiles at Camberwell College of Art (UAL), she then completed a Higher National Diploama (HND) in Cermamics and Design at the University of Wales in 1994 under Peter Wills. She completed her BA Hons Degree in Ceramics and Fine art at the University of the West of England (UWE) Bristol and was taught and influenced by Mo Jupp, Walter Keeler, Mark Dunhill and Tamiko O’Brien.
She trained in teaching at Goldsmiths University (PGCE) under Paul Dash in 1998 and then completed her Masters Degree MA in Fine Art (Sculpture) at Wimbledon London
institute (UAL) with Jordan Baseman in 2006. She then established herself as a Secondary Art Teacher, working in schools across London and Kent for 12 years whilst maintaining her own practice. She is currently an Artist working from her studio in South London, dispaying work in exhibitions and galleries across the UK.