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A Little About Liz...
Liz is a proud Oz lass, meaning she’s an Australian now living in Yorkshire, who’s gone native to such an extent that she’s now referred to as Auntie Pommie by her nephews and nieces. She’s travelled the globe, but has settled after marrying her northern warrior from Leeds and is now focused on producing top quality decorative art.

lIZ IN mELBOURNE

Liz enjoying the sunshine in Melbourne

  

Liz and dog

Liz & Nelson taking a walk in the Spen Valley

-Elizabeth Danby - Curriculum Vitae
CONTACT Elizabeth Danby,
Studio 6, 3D Annex,
West Yorkshire Print Workshop,
75A Huddersfield Road,
Mirfield, WF14 8AT.

Mobile: 07779 006567
E-mail: lizardlugg@yahoo.co.uk		 Liz Danby
ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE
Skills I possess a passion for art and have the ability to communicate it to all ages along with the ability to create beautiful, tactile pieces possessing both textural and visual appeal. A coherent teacher, I am able to structure lessons for students of all cognitive abilities, being an expert in the specialist techniques required for kiln firing of ceramic and glass materials.I am also able to appreciate design concepts relating to space (public and private) and the body and have a wide experience of craftwork and a keen understanding of when it crosses into realm of art.
Experience

Workshop supervisor (Lecturer Grade A) – in charge of various glass, ceramics, sculpture and crafts workshops - Leeds College of Art and Design - March 2001-Dec 2008

Supply teacher – Various locations for Recruit PLC and Initial - Sep 1999-Apr 2000.

Design and technology teacher – Aveley School, Thurrock, Essex - Nov 1998-Aug 1999.

Ceramics, graphics, textile technology teacher - Eltham High School, Melbourne – Jan 1997-Apr 1998

Glass painter - Daniella Art Design, Melbourne – Oct 1992-Jan 1993.

Childcare worker, Princess Hill Primary School, Melbourne – Feb 1989-May 1994.

Textiles seasonal teacher – Knitwit, Melbourne - Feb 1987-Jul 1992.

Technical Skills Excellent drawing and sculpting skills. Also skilled with wax, plaster, ceramics, textiles, glass and fabrics, as well as being able to make paper and felt. Able to use electric and gas kilns, slab rollers, pugmills, extruders, glass kilns, polishing wheels, sandblasters and mould-making equipment.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

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‘WYPW Showcase’, First Floor Gallery, Dewsbury Museum, Dewsbury.
‘Glacial Moraine’, Yorkshire Craft Centre, Bradford.
‘Cherish’, The Upper Gallery, Otley.
‘Presence’, Holy Trinity Church, Leeds.
‘Sense’, Keighley Arts Factory, Keighley.
‘View from the Top’, Fourth Floor, Waterstones, Nottingham.
‘Artfusion North’, Flannels, 68 Vicar Lane, Leeds.
‘Intrinsic’, The Reform, 12-14 Merrion St, Leeds.
‘New Designers’, Business Design Centre, Angel Islington, London.
‘Graduate Exhibition 3D Product Design’, School of Design, Manchester Met. University.
‘16th Annual Walkers Ceramic Award’, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne.
‘Final Folio Exhibition’, State Craft Gallery, Melbourne.
‘NINE’, Swanson Street Gallery, R.M.I.T., Melbourne.
‘Our Game is Dirt and we’re Playing with Fire’, Swanson Street Gallery, Melbourne.
‘Servery Show’, Blaxland Gallery, Melbourne.
‘Selected Students Exhibition’, Victoria Craft Gallery, Melbourne.

MEMBERSHIPS

West Yorkshire Print Workshop (board member), North, Contemporary Glass Society, Fabricartforum Bradford, Loca Creative Business Contacts, Spen Valley Civic Society.
COMMISSIONS

October 2008-2009 Life Time Achievements Awards from the people of Dewsbury Joint Commission by the Dewsbury Reporter and Arts Council England.
EDUCATION 3D Design (BA), 2005, Manchester Metropolitan University. Art and Design,
Certificate of Higher Education, 2001, University of Leeds.
Bachelor of Teaching, 1997, University of Melbourne.
Ceramic Sculpture (Bachelor of Fine Arts), 1992, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Art and Design, Advanced Certificate, 1988, Box Hill College of Technology.
INTERESTS Gardening, travelling, sport, visiting historical sites, good food and good company.
COMMENT I am an artist committed to seeking beauty and exploring the possibilities of objects where form follows function.


Portfolio and references are available on request.
 

-Liz Danby : Techniques

CERAMICS

Construction techniques - Hand building, wheel throwing, slab constructing, coil building.
Decoration techniques - Brush work to apply underglaze decoration, slip trailing, sgraffito, burnishing,marbling.
Firing techniques - Glaze mixing, glaze application, kiln stacking, kiln building, stoneware reduction and oxidation firing, earthenware, primitive firing techniques and raku, building pottery equipment and tools.
GLASS Construction techniques glass - Fused, slumped, bent, cast
Decorative techniques - Sandblasting, enamelling, painting, etching.

GENERAL TECHNIQUES

MATERIALS

Painting, garment construction, sewing, felt making, paper making, printmaking, mould making, jewellery and silversmith.

Wax, plaster, clay, paper clay, glass, wire construction, paper making and felt making.
TEACHING TECHNIQUES 3D approach - Making marquettes from which to cast shadows and draw.
Experimental – Interpreting the shadows of a selection of suspended objects using a variety of media (such as crayons, graphite, charcoal ink wash, collage torn paper).
Limited palette - Black & two other colours.
Working with "the light" - Incorporating elements of design.
Shape and tone- The light source and its effect on the texture of the object.
Space and depth – Ways of showing depth and illusionistic space (such as division, placement, vertical location, size, overlapping, detail, atmospheric perspective, aerial perspective)
Sand drawing – Utilising Australian Aboriginal rock painting techniques