Paul Smith
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Paul was born in 1961 in Northampton. He gained a BA(Hons) in Fine Art Sculpture at Leicester Polytechnic. He then worked full time as a ceramic sculptor in the Staffordshire Figurine Industry.
In 1998 He set up his own workshop in Derbyshire.
Paul’s figurative ceramic sculptures are unique one-offs, hand-built in stoneware using a variety of different methods. They are sponge-decorated with oxides, stains and glazes and fired to 1140 degrees or above. The work is in a bold and semi-abstract style, with graceful sweeping curves and simplified details.
The main themes of his current work are re-interpretations of European folk tales. His influences come from the work of Elie Nadelman. A Polish-born sculptor working in the earlier part of the last century. Nadelman was innovative in his wonderful sense of fluid line and form, influenced in turn by American folk art.
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