Betsy Nield worked in her mother's pottery studio until she opened her own in 1983. A teacher as well as a ceramic artist, Betsy enjoys experimentation and working with new materials. Her current passion is porcelain paper clay which enables her to produce very delicate work. Her porcelain boxes represent re-used boxes stashed into the back of a dark cupboard, containing our cherished mementos, and they have no colour because it is dark a cupboard. The platters symbolise a vessel containing our memories such as the brain. And of course the leaves are our dreams and memories themselves; cherished and stored away or on display; some whole and strong, some fragile and broken. A leading light in the South African ceramic world, Betsy has numerous qualifications, awards and accolades to her name and has exhibited extensively both within South Africa and overseas.
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