Spode Works Closed - British Ceramics Biennial
Spode Works Closed
18 December 2009
A manic few months since my last blog - but all is calming now, and its time to catch up and reflect on work, experiences, life etc.
I was shortlisted for the ‘One-off Award’ at the first British Ceramic Biennial in Stoke this autumn. The festival and exhibitions have all just finished. I didn’t win, but I am pleased that Neil Brownsword did. Although our work is very different, he and I mine very similar themes and sources - examining the richness and complexity of our industrial heritage.
I made a specific body of work for the show, Spode Works Closed using objects salvaged from the abandoned Spode Factory in July 2009. Here are some of the pieces.
This set of five bone china plates, salvaged from the factory floor is decorated with versions of Spode’s Italian Blue filtered through scenes from the derelict factory site.
More work to follow over the coming days....
Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s) Spode Works Closed - Plate and soup ladle - found glazed, but unfired on the factory floor. Fired at Holly Cottage, with added decal. Mottled colours, fused evidence of abandonment...
Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s) Spode Works Closed - Chimney
Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s) Spode Works Closed - Factory
Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s) Spode Works Closed - Engraving workshop
Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s) Spode Works Closed - Murray Curvex
Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s) Spode Works Closed - Front Gate
