Qi Fang Colbert Arts

Qi Fang Colbert Arts Original art, ceramics and more made by artist, ceramicist, illustrator Qi Fang Colbert. Professional member of Design Nation, Northern Potters Association

UNIQUE HAND-MADE NARRATIVE CERAMICS
BY DR. QI FANG COLBERT

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Website & Shop: www.qifangcolbert.com


Based in Northumberland, Qi is an internationally awarded and exhibited artist, illustrator and researcher, as well as a creative and innovative ceramist creating original surrealist narrative works. As part of her PhD in Fine Art and Art History, Qi explored the transformati

on between 2D and 3D narrative pictures in video installation, which later informed her passion to combine original drawings with ceramics. Qi works primarily with hand-built and thrown high-fire white stoneware with free-hand carved and inlaid original designs. The illustrated works celebrate different carving techniques (Huahua technique in Chinese, or sgraffito in the western term) on ceramics and are decorated using decorative slips and underglazes. Qi’s ceramics search for conversations and mutual encouragement between the object and her drawings/paintings are deeply inspired by Taoism and Phenomenology philosophy. Rather than following a well-planed blueprint, Qi lets the shape of the clay and drawing determine the composition. Like a spreading vine, her expressive pictures find ways to shape the object, forming the outlines and content, vice versa, to capture the flow of consciousness, stories and emotions. Instead of searching for uniformity and certainty, Qi’s ceramics call for a curiosity of the unknown, abnormal and asymmetrical. They create an open and often circular narrative that offer up an alternative way of telling stories. The works range from food-safe functional items such as bowls, mugs and jugs to decorative pieces of jewellery, badges, wall hangings and sculptures. All works are stored and packed using sustainable & biodegradable materials. Qi is a member of North Potters Association and associate member of Craft Potters Association. Qi’s ceramic works have recently been exhibited and sold by
Baltic Centre of Contemporary Art, ELC Winter Market (Gateshead), Made. UpNorth (NCL), Potfest in the Pen (Penrith), Craft in the Pen (Skipton), Living North Winter Fair (NCL), Breeze Creatives (Marley Fair and Abject Gallery, Tyne & Wear), Cupola Gallery (Sheffield), Woodhorn Museum (Ashington), Baltic Gallery Art Fair, Tarpey Gallery (Derby) and at No.1 Kirkharle (Northumberland). Uncoming events in 2024 include York Ceramic Fair, Artisan Made UK, Endless Love Makers Market (Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art), Potfest (Scone Palace, Penrith), Hepsworth Wakefield Ceramic Fair, Only Clay, Potfest (Scone Palace and Penrith), Alnmouth Arts Festival and etc.

You are most welcome to my next fair Chilly Toffee-Fire Form-Festival of Ceramics Toffee Factory as a part of the Ouseb...
23/06/2026

You are most welcome to my next fair Chilly Toffee-Fire Form-Festival of Ceramics Toffee Factory as a part of the Ouseburn Festival. 12-4pm 4-5 July.

Setting up for Ceramic Wales 2026.
12/06/2026

Setting up for Ceramic Wales 2026.

Some fabulous snails in Anglesey shows me what real foodies would do in the strong wind. They seemed to be very obsessed...
12/06/2026

Some fabulous snails in Anglesey shows me what real foodies would do in the strong wind. They seemed to be very obsessed with dead hogweed leaves. The hogweeds have been chopped down while some of them survived and seeded. Anybody in Anglesey available to check them on A4080 near Barclodiad y Gawres?

If life wants to get you down you just need to hold on and never give up. One day the sunshine would be out.

We came to Wales ahead of Ceramic Wale this weekend to have a short exploration in North Wales. The trip to Porth Trecas...
11/06/2026

We came to Wales ahead of Ceramic Wale this weekend to have a short exploration in North Wales. The trip to Porth Trecastell was full of surprises. We saw lots of jellyfish, some mermaid’s purses, and countless alpine plants growing so close to the sea. The colour palette was astonishingly rich in a wet grey day. Got some new inspirations for future works!

I can’t believe less than a week left for Ceramic Wales 2026. It’s our first show in Wales! You are most welcome to see ...
06/06/2026

I can’t believe less than a week left for Ceramic Wales 2026. It’s our first show in Wales! You are most welcome to see this creative event.

A wonderful preview night- Best Practice presents This Time I Have A Reason, Abject Gallery
29/05/2026

A wonderful preview night- Best Practice presents
This Time I Have A Reason, Abject Gallery

New small vases available in my website!
20/05/2026

New small vases available in my website!

A free-hand carved stoneware vase with original narrative graphics. Size: (about) cm

New works are now available online!
20/05/2026

New works are now available online!

A free-hand carved stoneware vase with original narrative graphics. Size: (about) cm

Ceramic Art London 2026
10/05/2026

Ceramic Art London 2026

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Gateshead Quays, South Shore Road
Gateshead
NE8 3BA

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