Art and Ceramics Students Please use any information on this
site as part of your studies and credit it
accordingly. If you need futher information
please get in touch by email or phone [see
contact section]
Archive
If you wish to see existing studies of the
work please get in touch and I will try to
arrange access. Please send a broad outline
of your own study
Terms
All images are copyright Simon Fell unless
stated otherwise, single examples are permissable
in academic documents in editions up to 10
copies, if you need wider permissions please
write.
Workshops
Colleges
Talks based on 'powerpoint' shows of my
work can be arranged. Workshops including
technical demonstrations of slab buiding
and other techniques that I have developed
can be organised if you get in contact.
Schools
In an age when almost everything is expected
to be done through a keyboard it is vital
to open young minds to what it is possible
to do by working directly with your hands.
We are in imminent danger of losing touch
with what it means to acquire tacit skills
- skills that involve both body and mind
and that are built up through physical practice
and learning. Academic and technical learning
are only part of the range of human skills,
many individuals that struggle with those
skills will thrive with the visual, spatial
and tactile skills developed by working
with clay.
Our culture may currently be dominated by
academic and technical ideas but when the
bloom fades on that love affair, the importance
of developing physically based learning
will become clear and the ability to work
with your hands may be more valuable than
ever.
Please contact
me if you wish to develop a teaching programme
within a college or school or any other
context working with young people.
