Sylvia Stevens's interest in birds grew from a holiday in Southern Africa where she became as equally fascinated by the variety of bird life as the wild animals roaming the Safari parks. On her return to the UK she began making bird sculptures.
Her sculptures are each uniquely hand-crafted using a variety of stoneware clay including porcelain. They are painted with coloured slips and engobes (occasionally glazed) and fired to a temperature of 1240 degrees centigrade. The large pieces can be displayed indoors or out in the garden and are completely frost-proof. Her tiles are hand painted porcelain.
Sylvia has a studio and kiln in South East London.
[Picture below of her birds about to be fired]
Sylvia Stevens started her career as a Graphic Designer working for magazines such as Tit-bits. She later became an Art Teacher, teaching GCSE and A level.
At the same time as becoming an Art Teacher Sylvia gained her Post Graduate Diploma in Ceramics from Goldsmith's University and regularly exhibited her Ceramic Sculpture with the Group 'Clay for Today',
Commissions have included; designing and making the Awards for the magazine 'Autotrade', designing bathroom and kitchen wall/ floor tiles for the retail industry.
