Colin Pearson Ceramics

Colin pearson is best known for his wing design which he used for vases in a variety of styles.

Colin pearson ceramics.

Noted not only for his highly individual vessels which broadened the language of the. For sale best offer or auction 24d 23h 5m time left price. Colin pearson british 1923 2007. Jan 8 2019 large winged vessel circa 1985 stoneware dry black basalt body with a soft metallic sheen the cylindrical body mounted with two torn and perf.

Colin studied with a number of renowned teachers including colin pearson ian godfrey and ewen henderson. It was at goldsmiths that he met his future wife and discovered clay. 225 00 your local currency. Colin pearson potter and ceramicist born in barnet north london in 1923.

Colin pearson was born in london in 1923 and studied painting at goldsmith s college where he discovered pottery in his final year. Colin is a potter and sculptor who originally trained in ceramics and 3d design at camberwell school of art. Colin pearson was born in london in 1923 and studied painting at goldsmith s college where he discovered pottery in his final year. He ran his own pottery in london for a number of years before being drawn to the less abstract world of figurative sculpture.

From 1953 4 he worked with ray finch at winchcombe pottery subsequently going to work at royal doulton pottery in lambeth and then becoming david leach s assistant at the friars s pottery at aylesford kent in 1955 6. Colin pearson 1923 2007 used his skills as a consummate thrower well versed in the traditions of good functional pottery to radically rethink wheel made form. It s a fine exhibition of one of britain s leading ceramic artists and credit for its organisation goes tog uy noden anita martin and stephanie mcdonald oft he school of art. For sale best offer or auction 24d 14h 20m time left price.

He worked at winchcombe before going to lambeth in 1954 to work at the royal doulton pottery. 1950 00 your local currency dan kelly studio pottery ceramic utilitarian plate colin pearson. To see colin pearson at work here in hobart at the school of art s 1981 summer school and produce the series of larger work in this exhibition was a privilege indeed. After the second world war in 1946 he studied painting at goldsmiths college london.

He was born in london in 1923 and studied at goldsmith s college. Colin pearson who has died aged 84 was one of the most creatively charismatic of postwar british potters.