David Manners – The Clay Menagerie

Discipline: Ceramics

David’s handbuilt ceramic sculptures are all unique creations and feature animals and birds, depicting a behaviour or characteristic of the individual species.  Based on a life-long study of wildlife in the natural world, they may exhibit a motion or action associated with courtship behaviour or interaction between pairs or groups of their kind.

Built using an earthenware clay and decorated with underglaze pigments, each sculpture depicts the form, colours and textures of skin, fur and feather along with features of their habitat in many instances.

No newcomer to the 10 Parishes Festival, David has previously exhibited as a photographer and it is through his experiences of observing and recording wildlife and the natural world, that he gains his understanding and insight into the actions of his subjects.

Venue contact: David Manners, 07788 556192
Venue address: The Orangery, Nynehead Court, Nynehead, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 0BW
Directions: 10 Parishes signs from roundabout by Lidl, Wellington
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Parking: Use visitor carparks within grounds.  No parking immediately outside Orangery entrance  apart from dropoff/pickup.
Refreshments: Yes
Dogs Allowed: No Dogs Allowed
Accessibility further information: Full disabled access

Other artists in Parish: Kenneth and Marian Lauder, Sally Lancaster, Late Summer and the Earth Element, Judy Willoughby, Chris Willoughby, John Hartoch, Penny Price Jewellery, Tess Armitage, Beth and Dyana French