David Roberts: A Life in Clay

INTERVIEW / Q&A AT THE STRAW YARD

THE STRAW YARD GATES / BAR OPEN: 5pm

EVENT AT THE STRAW YARD STARTS: 5:30pm

EVENT AT THE STRAW YARD ENDS: 6:30pm

PREVIEW AT 27 ART HOUSE

PREVIEW AT 27 ART HOUSE STARTS: 7pm

PREVIEW AT 27 ART HOUSE ENDS: 10pm

Your Evening Summary

Artist Talk & Q&A followed by Private Exhibition Preview. Join us for a very special evening celebrating internationally acclaimed Raku artist David Roberts and the opening of his final solo exhibition. The evening will begin at 5.30pm at The Straw Yard, where David will be joined in conversation by Gerry Foley for an intimate artist talk and Q&A. Together they will reflect on David’s remarkable career spanning more than five decades, exploring his distinctive approach to Raku, the landscapes and natural forms that have inspired his work, his creative process, and the evolution of his practice over a lifetime of making.

Following the talk, guests are invited to continue the evening at 27 Art House, where the private preview of David Roberts’ final solo exhibition will begin at 7pm.

This is a rare opportunity to hear directly from one of Britain’s most celebrated Raku artists before experiencing the work itself in the intimate setting of 27 Art House.

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Tickets: £15 per person (book below)

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The £15 ticket includes admission to both the artist talk and Q&A at The Straw Yard and the private exhibition preview at 27 Art House.

27 Art House Exhibition Summary

David Roberts is internationally recognised as one of the leading practitioners of

contemporary Raku ceramics. This exhibition marks his final solo exhibition and presents a

new collection of hand-built and Raku-fired vessels inspired by geological formations,

landscape contours and gestural abstraction.

This exhibition will be David Roberts’ final one-person exhibition. Now in his 80th year, Roberts has chosen to conclude his exhibiting career while maintaining the high standards

and physical intensity that have defined his work for more than five decades.

The exhibition will feature approximately ten large-scale coil-built and Raku-fired vessels, including both

enclosed forms and open bowl forms. The work reflects Roberts’ long-standing engagement

with landscape, water erosion patterns, geological contours and the gestural language of post-

war Abstract Expressionism. Influences range from the Yorkshire Pennines surrounding his

studio to the dramatic water flows and rock formations of Milford Sound, New Zealand

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The exhibition at 27 Art House runs until 16th Novmber.

Artist Biography

David Roberts has an international reputation as a leading practitioner in Raku ceramics. His work is represented in many public and private collections including the Victoria & Albert

Museum, the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Royal Scottish Museum, the Museum of Wales and the City of Geneva Collection. From 1985–1988 Roberts served as Chair of the Craft Potters Association UK. He has participated in international residencies, symposiums and exhibitions throughout Europe, Australia and Asia, and in 2020 he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Craft Potters Association

TO NOTE: THIS EVENING’S EVENTS TAKE PLACE IN TWO DIFFERENT VENUES. STARTING AT THE STRAW YARD AND ENDING AT 27 ART HOUSE, BRIDGE STREET.

YOUR TICKET PRICE INCLUDES ACCESS TO BOTH VENUES.