OSPREY STUDIOS
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Born New York ,U.S.A.,9th April , 1961.
Educated in UK and USA
1980-85,
North Oxfordshire School of Art,Banbury,Oxfordshire,U.K.;Art Foundation Course
Resin/Fibreglass abstracted figure sculpture with Ron Wood,Cornwall,U.K.
Exeter College Of Art and Design,Devon, U.K. and Boston University, Program in
Artisanry,Boston,Massachusetts,U.S.A.; Ceramic sculpture , printmaking,figure and
portrait drawing and sculpture.
Assistant to Richard Hirsch,Professor of Ceramics
BFA (Hons),Exeter,U.K.
1985 to Present
Sculptures shown and sold in group and solo shows through private and public
Galleries in Italy , Malaysia ,the U.K. and U.S.A.
Sculptures held in Private Collections across the world and by the National Parks and
National Trust in the U.K.
Italy;
Studio work with local potters , clays and traditional techniques in Camerota ,
Southern Italy.
Malaysia;
Artist in Residence,San Peng School , Kuala Lumpur.
Designer for San Kancul (Social Services Charity promoting village craft)
Exhibition in American Ambassador's Residence,K.L.
Built 15'x9'Dinosaur in polystyrene for main display at International Furniture
Exhibition , World Trade Centre,K.L.
U.S.A.;
Director and Instructor ,Adult Pottery and Sculpture classes, Library Art
Centre,Newport , New Hampshire.
Ceramics Director ,Summer Camps in New England;Designing and leading new
programs for 7-16 year olds for 12 years .
Instructor -Handbuilding in Clay for an Outreach Program to State Schools and
Special Needs Units in Durham , North Carolina .
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Supply Art Teacher in New Hampshire State Schools
Member of The League of New Hampshire Craftsmen
England;
Established Osprey Studio in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds, making sculpture , pottery
and providing Ceramic Services and tuition with particular interest in groups with
unusual needs.
Developed new Pottery and Sculpture Program for the Ace Centre, Chipping Norton
Community Education Council, Oxfordshire.
Expanded the services of Oxpots Community pottery,east Oxford at the request of
Bloomin' Arts and Oxford City Council ;provided classes for Probation Services, the
Warnford Hospital (Mental Health and Head injuries),MIND,a Woman's Refuge and
local adults and children.
Outreach Tutor for ITHACA ; working with special-needs groups like the Gemini
Project for Schizophrenia making Garden Sculpture for a Public Exhibition.
Artist in Residence twice for Oxfordshire Arts Week making large sculpture with
children for their schools.
Community Artist for OOMF, Oxford's Millennium Festival (one of the U.K.'s
largest)leading all sorts of groups ,from Firemen to Learning Disabled Youth Clubs,
in building huge sculptures from willow- withies and Selotape for a massive Parade
and Performance.
Wales;
Relocated Osprey Studios to Blaencwm , Rhondda in 1998
Tutor for Adult Education in Pontypridd; Drawing , Glass-Painting and Watercolour
Painting.
Member of South Wales Potters.
Developed new technique for large brick-clay sculpture.
Built the Friends,Equinox and Wildlife Public Sculptures in Penyrenglin,Rhondda
Valley.
Established the Sculpture Studio for the Creation Development Trust,Blaengarw, an
open art-space for the Community.
Built 4 public Sculptures in Blaengarw with people from the Sculpture Studio; Calon
Lan for Parc Calon Lan , Ocean Colliery and Balarat Colliery Pit Markers and the
Balarat Arch .Between us ,we worked out a very inclusive method for genuinely
involving communities in making their own Public Art Work.
Working with Groundwork Trust Rhondda and Merthyr Tydfil,built Public
Sculpture for the communities of Maerdy ,Llanharran,Ynysybwl and Cefnpenner.
Lead Sculptor working with community members on The Calon Lan Garden at The
Feel Good Factory for the Bryncynon Strategy.
Built The Wyvern Public Sculpture with a wonderful group in Sirhowy , Tredegar
and The Family in Cefn Golau,Tredegar celebrating the important Social History of
Tredegar with The Spirit Of Bevan Project and Time Banking Wales.
57 Ynyswen Penycae, Swansea SA91YT
ph.01639 731271
m.07913743457
www.arts-engine.org.uk/rebeccabuck
OSPREY STUDIOS
Osprey Studio moved to a larger premises in the beautiful Upper Swansea Valley.
57 Ynyswen Penycae, Swansea SA91YT
ph.01639 731271
m.07913743457
www.arts-engine.org.uk/rebeccabuck