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Frances Priest

Frances Priest (b. 1976) is an Edinburgh-based artist and designer with a specialism in ceramics. She studied Ceramics at Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 1998, before completing a post-graduate diploma the following year. Priest’s work explores pattern and ornament in decorative art and design; where it is found, how it is used and the craft processes involved in its production. In her work, Priest creates intricately decorated ceramic forms, exploring and reinterpreting languages of ornament from different cultures, places and periods in history.

Priest makes work in response to people and places, using her interests as a platform from which to develop new work. This approach has led to projects in varied and sometimes unexpected settings, from a Tudor banqueting room in Sheffield, to an underpass in Cumbernauld. Priest regularly exhibits work in the UK and overseas and her work is represented in national collections including, the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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Photo of Frances Priest taken in the grounds of Raasay House. She is leaning against a wall covered in ivy.

Projects

Patterns of Flora // Mapping Seven Raasay Habitats | Frances Priest

Patterns of Flora | Mapping Seven Raasay Habitats was a project with Edinburgh-based ceramicist Frances Priest. Drawing her inspiration from the Raasay landscape and time spent with Raasay botanist Stephen Bungard – Priest created a series of handmade ceramic artworks for permanent installation in Raasay House, on the Isle of Raasay, off the east coast of Skye.

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Talking Art Series

Talking Art Series was a programme of artists’ talks presented as a Saturday afternoon lecture series in Portree. The talks brought a variety of artists, with a range of practices, to the Isle of Skye to discuss their creative approaches to making work – with a particular focus on making work in the public realm. Over the course of two years, ATLAS worked with a number of artists such as Nicky Bird, Chris Dooks, Graham Fagan and Frances Priest to encourage critical engagement with contemporary art.

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ATLAS Editions

ATLAS Editions is a range of bespoke, limited edition multiples commissioned by ATLAS Arts. ATLAS has worked with artists to produce artworks that include: Parian vases, colouring books, maps of Skye and Portree, screen printed postcards, and photographic prints.

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Blog Posts

Patterns of Flora Colouring Book – free download

For a limited period the Patterns of Flora colouring booking is available as a free download for you to print at home. ATLAS Arts would like to thanks Frances Priest for making this possible.

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Patterns of Flora receives special commendation in Arts & Business Awards

Patterns of Flora has been commended under the Placemaking category of awards that set industry standards of excellence in the field of cultural and business engagement, innovation and enterprise. The project, an ATLAS Arts commission by Frances Priest in collaboration with Stephen Bungard celebrated the diverse plant life of Raasay.

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Patterns of Flora | Language of Ornament by Frances Priest

Blog by France Priest about her commission to explore the varied plant life of Raasay House through her interest in patterns.

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