Colin CAFFELL

Colin CAFFELL

Caffell trained at Camberwell School of Art, where he gained an Honours degree in Ceramics and 3D Design. He creates figurative sculpture (bronze & ceramic), geometric glass installations and hand-thrown pottery.

He has exhibited widely within the UK, and his work is held in private collections in Europe, the USA, South Africa and Australia. Together with his wife, Sally, he runs the Round House and Capstan Gallery in Sennen Cove.

In 2009 Caffell was selected to create a public memorial to Cornish Tin Mining. In June 2015 the large bronze resin sculpture was unveiled at The Old Town Hall in St Just. Subsequently it was placed on permanent display at Geevor.

media

Sculptor and ceramicist

exhibitions

Lamorna Arts Festival 2009

Open Studios Cornwall 2011; 2017

2022: Reflections on the Feminine : A Visual Essay, Penwith Gallery, St Ives (14 May-12 June)

references

Lamorna Arts Festival 2009 Notes;

2011 notes for Lamorna Valley Group's Arts Festival;

Cornwall Today (July 2015)'A Touchstone for the Community' by Alex Wade;

Tovey, David (2022) Lamorna - An Artistic, Social and Literary History - Volume II - Post-1920, Wilson Books