FAMILY AND FRIENDS of local ceramics artist, Lauren Denney, gathered at the Caversham Golf Club on 25 November to celebrate the life of Lauren, who died in the Sue Ryder Duchess of Kent Hospice on 24 October, after a brave and stoic seven-year battle with cancer.
Born in 1978, Lauren grew up in Caversham. She attended Highdown School and Henley College, going on to study at Staffordshire University. Her fascination with clay started when she was four years old, making coil pots from raw clay dug from the garden.
After graduating with a BA Honours Design Degree specialising in slipcast ceramics, she set about building and fitting out her ceramic studio in Caversham. Here she designed, produced and sold a range of slip cast decorative and functional ceramic items. Each piece was made by hand. She subsequently organised shows and taught ceramics part-time at South Hill Park Arts Centre in Bracknell.
Lauren was part of the varied network of fine local artists. In 2010, she co-founded the continuingly successful annual Caversham Arts Trail with fellow artists Julie Simmonds and Louise Spiers. Lauren was talented, creative, fun-loving, thoughtful, gentle, sometimes shy, but always proud to be ginger. She was a wonderful mother who cherished her family, friends and work colleagues. More than £4,500 has been contributed to three chosen charities in Lauren’s memory – Bowel Cancer UK, Sue Ryder and Daisy’s Dream. See: https://Laurendenney.muchloved.com for more details.
Lauren’s family are extremely grateful to all the donors for their generosity and kind words.
Caversham Arts Trail will run again in May this year – see https://cavershamartstrail.co.uk for details.
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