A vivid and highly engaging character, Alan epitomised the often quietly subversive spirit of British studio pottery. The pot does stand up. var start = document.go_page.start.value; { Menu. 18 : start; He made another move to nearby Higher Rocombe a few years later where he carried on in the same vein making his pebble and seed-pod forms. Can you highlight it or describe? Articles, Know Your Art Nouveau: The Backstory on this Fantastic Find, Friendly Fungi: Sears Merry Mushroom Collection. (event.clientY + de.scrollTop) : y; } Here's an experimental tile that Alan made himself at Marnhull and originally came to me directly from "Wallsprocket", as we used to call him, in 2004. { FOR SALE! The last photo shows the tiles in situ before cleaning. Incised initials. var display = false; Always want more! Help keep the site alive and growing by telling others about us and supporting our sponsors. Probably Britains greatest hand builder. Apparently it was a very good outlet for him. /* Pour maximiser les compatibilites IE6/7/8 en quirk/doctyped */ Heal's and the CPA remained as retails outlets and also the showrooms of Briglin Pottery. here is a clearer picture of the base clearly showing the W, quite an unusual example Lee, the base looks right to me. Upon leaving Goldsmith's he spent some time teaching at local schools. start = (start - 1) * 25; I thought it might be useful to show some images of a pot that I sold on eBay earlier this year and then explain a little about the process. Incised mark to the base, 'AW'. Opening form looks right. He studied pottery at Newlands Park Teachers' Training College. if (document.body.firstChild != originalFirstChild) renderedHeight = renderedElement.offsetHeight; Upon leaving Goldsmiths he spent some time teaching at local schools. He is survived by his children Amanda, Dillon and Tristan, from his marriage to Elizabeth Hayes, and Jessica and Rebecca, from his marriage to Mary Jones. ZU VERKAUFEN! Images 63-70 in the book are of Alan Wallwork's work, which presumably is mostly from Greenwich. Alan was making domestic wares and hand-built pieces. Work produced here sold successfully and Alans designs were accepted by the Design Centre and his work found outlets through Heals department store and the Craft Potters Association, of which he was elected a council member. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vintage Antique Artist Tile Pottery Ceramic Hand Painted Signed Mettlach Tile at the best online prices at eBay! They do look wonderful, all the different shapes and textures. Overall size 24cm x 24cm, *Alan Wallwork (British 1931-2019), a studio pottery stoneware 'Split Seed Pod' flattened oviform shape, pierced decoration forming the central parting, grey and sand glaze, incised AW to the underside, 21cm high, one side with a firing imperfection *Artist Resale Rights may apply to this lot, Alan Wallwork (British 1931-2019) 'Split Pod' Form incised artist's intials, stonewareDimensions:23cm high, 20.3cm wide (9in high, 8in wide), Alan Wallwork (British 1931-2019) Bowl incised artist's initials, stonewareDimensions:12cm high, 25.5cm diameter (4 3/4in high, 10in diameter), ALAN WALLWORK (1931-2019); a large stoneware split pebble form with radiating impressed decoration picked out in turquoise and lilac glaze, incised AW mark, height 42cm. else { function msg(message) } var de = !document.documentElement.clientWidth?document.body:document.documentElement; function destroyPagination() In particular there are two group photos where the big pieces are over 36 inches high. destroyPagination(); A small unusual piece of Alan's work that I sold in September. self.location.href = ['','t4286p'+start+'-alan-wallwork'].join('/'); Impressed Bretby mark and pattern number 1766. destroyPagination(); { Hello, I have recently purchased this heavy (almost 2 pounds) pottery cube here in California, USA. Vintage retro Cheese board Teak Wyncraft Alan Wallwork tile 1960s 24 miles | Lewisham, London Vintage Allan Wallwork WYNCRAFT wood retro Kitchen tile retro teak cheeseboard collectible model 15 18 days ago 2 Beautiful vintage tiles 23 miles | Lambeth, London I am selling a box of around 64 of these beautiful tiles. - 23.5 cm Dia. By AW? The gallery, named The Alan Gallery, exhibiting works by Lucie Rie & Kenneth Clark amongst others. (D)Additional InformationAppears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service. Below are pictures of both sides of one of Alan's "Handbags" as they were jokingly called. 13 Ack Lane East This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.ukCondition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection, Alan Wallwork (1931- 2019); a stoneware split pebble with impressed decoration around the parting, incised AW mark, height 24.5cm, Wallwork label to the underside, price 42. He studied pottery at Newlands Park Teachers' Training College in Buckinghamshire and won eligibility for a one-year course at Goldsmith's College and . Here, in addition to his work, he enjoyed the sun, copious wine consumption and sending entertainingly discursive letters and emails to family and friends. Bigger objects were made with the help of assistants. if ( display == true ) In 2004 he moved to France, to Missgre, in the foothills of the Pyrenees. See more ideas about ceramics, pottery, ceramicist. Alan Wallwork 1960's cylinder made in Greenwich. { Sep 7, 2021 - Explore Mel Green's board "allan wallwork" on Pinterest. document.body.removeChild(document.body.firstChild); His work is sold through such places as Walford Craft Centre, The Devon Guild and John Rastall's Harlequin Gallery. Incised mark to the base 'AW', and with original paper label 'Alan Wallwork Ceramics, Tel Lyme Regis 2756'. ATEMBERAUBENDE SDAFRIKANISCHE SWASILAND brutalistische Studio Keramikkrug Vase signiert selten - EUR 34,02. Heals and the CPA remained as retails outlets and also the showrooms of Briglin Pottery. ALAN WALLWORK (BRITISH 1931-2019) - LARGE STUDIO POTTERY VASE. Brutalist style around the base. Gratifyingly his work, which had always sold well, was enjoying a considerable renaissance. Some pits and firing marks as intended with the design. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.ukor http://artistscollectingsociety.org, ALAN WALLWORK (1931-2019); a tall stoneware wedge form with turquoise glaze highlights, incised AW mark, height 31cm. Alan Wallwork (1931-2019)Slab vesselincised initial26cm high. *Alan Wallwork [1931-2019] a stoneware vessel: of slender oviform and with arbitrary rim with pierced decoration under bands of ivory, pale aubergine and russet glaze, incised AW, 36cm high. setTimeout('renderedElement.style.visibility = "visible"', 1); } Nice example of Art work 394482265602. Coiled and altered pots and sculptural pieces in reduced stoneware. } Needing to expand tile production, Alan found an old chapel at Marnhull, near Sturminster Newton in Dorset, and moved there in 1965. if (document.body.firstChild != originalFirstChild) **BP 22.5% inc VAT + Lot Fee of 8. else your own Pins on Pinterest renderedElement.style.visibility = "visible"; See more ideas about ceramics, alan, pottery. This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. Alan Wallwork, Studio Pottery Melon Slice, initialled and sales label, 21cm wide, Alan Wallwork, Studio Pottery Seed Pod, initialled, 19cm wide. In 1984 he moved to a high woodland setting above Lyme Regis that was spectacular but somewhat impractical. Round blank is Johnson's, square blanks, here is the piece from willinghams at the weekend. { function destroyPagination() renderedElement = document.body.insertBefore(element, document.body.firstChild); excessHeight = 20; if ( display == true ) x = document.all ? { function Pagination() } We take great care packaging your items to ensure they reach you in the condition that they left us. He no longer makes large forms, settling for small and medium pieces. { var originalFirstChild; 0 : start; Briglin Earthenware Vase. Initially Alan made earthenware tin-glazed domestic pots, later adopting stoneware. For further information, please visit https://www.dacs.org.ukor https://artistscollectingsociety.org, ALAN WALLWORK (1931-2019); a porcelain egg covered in pale grey glaze with pinkish hues, incised AW mark, length 10cm. A beautiful and rare tapered style vase. Alan Wallwork Breakfast Sphere Food Cut Morning Coffee Pottery Small cut sphere approx. Wallwork, Alan . Greater Manchester (D)Additional InformationAppears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration. console.info( message ); Really 275677690724 I wish he would as I despair over information being lost. Click below to begin your paid subscription. VINTAGE RARE 1960'S Bernard Rooke Brutalist Studio Pottery Vase Sculpture Art - $150.89. But it does show that some items slipped though and are unmarked as usual and just because someone has scratched a W on the base does not make it a fake. excessHeight = 20; Not forgetting of course the AW marks that had been crossed through with an Angle Grinder by Alan Wallwork himself! originalFirstChild = document.body.firstChild; *Alan Wallwork [1931-2019] two stoneware 'split seed pods': of flattened oviform with notched aperture and multiple piercings on a texture ivory and russet ground, incised AW, 22 and 20cm high. N Nest & Tessellate Pottery Form Handmade Ceramics Vase Handmade Vase Cement Pots Unique Vases Obvara Jar With riftwoodD - Vases & Vessels { [CDATA[ The market for Alan Wallwork seems to have calmed down a lot now. It was necessary to take on larger premises to produce these tiles. } In the early days of the CPA, Alan was an active member and on the Committee for a number of years. x - overFlowX : x; Nov 2, 2013 - This Pin was discovered by Shirley Lord. Many of Alan's seconds have firing cracks where they are not supposed to be, he could have destroyed them but most potteries needed to be practical and sell them - even Poole had a seconds area I believe? He began using the AW mark in the early 1960s on some large individual pieces that were specifically made for group exhibitions, usually abroad. In 1960 he set up his own workshop in Forest Hill, London, sharing the premises with Alan Wallwork. var de = !document.documentElement.clientWidth?document.body:document.documentElement; Lot includes all three pieces. Close to my heart! Weienburg is located in central Bavaria, in the south of the administrative region Mittelfranken.Large cities in the area are Ingolstadt (55.5 km), Nuremberg (61.7 km), Augsburg (85 km), Munich (134.6 km), and Wrzburg (150.4 km).. Subdivision. Alan Wallwork pebble form, Greenwich studio. There's one on his official website, towards the bottom of the page. } wide 9cm. destroyPagination(); In particular there are two group photos where the big pieces are over 36 inches high. Tel: +1 845 480-0841 email: info@freeformsusa.com Alan Wallwork Use tags to the left to sort by color, size, etc. x = overFlowX > 0 ? start = (isNaN(start) || start < 0 ) ? //]]> FOR SALE! Brutalist style around the base. function msg(message) It was at this time that he started making tiles which proved popular and led to the phasing out of domestic wares. Hi studio, interesting your comments on the use of araldite in studio pottery ,i realise that you already know , but other members might not be aware of the epoxy resin use in studio pottery , the most famous potter being Hans Coper who used araldite and steel rods to glue many pieces together also Martin smith who used it freely and i guess a number of other potters as well. It has an incised mark of a stylized "B, W, or M" depending on which way you turn the pot within the shallow carved out foot on verso. So have you had anything broken/smashed/stolen? Alan Wallwork, own studio, UK, Unique monumental sculpture C5200, Unique large stoneware sculptural form by Alan Wallwork N9348, Alan Wallwork, own studio, UK, unique stoneware sculptural form H1192, Alan Wallwork, UK unique stoneware pod-form vessel H1063, Unique "Bow" form sculpture Alan Wallwork C5004, Alan Wallwork stoneware cylindrical vase D6313. Below is the image of the back of a tile that I sold recently. Ovoid vase has tiny patch to uppermost inner rim (3mm max) which is lacking glaze and may have 'caught'. high, Alan Wallwork (1931-2019) a stoneware ovoid vase, flattened form with irregular pierced aperture, covered in a banded white and grey glaze incised AW mark 14cm. Meanwhile, like Rooke, who was adopting a similar stylistic direction, Alan was now producing adventurous individual pieces. Taken out of cheese-boards, all unmarked. **BP 22.5% inc VAT + Lot Fee of 8, ALAN WALLWORK (1931-2019) - POTTERY PEBBLE. } When Alan first started to make pottery in the late 1950s he did throw a quantity of work in the Bernard Leach/Oriental style and this had an impressed W seal mark (not incised like his more typical work from this period but an actual seal mark). There are some absolutely stunning pieces there. For a while he commuted between the two addresses, but this was impractical and before long he decided to stay permanently in Dorset and let the Greenwich premises out to other potters. It's late 1960s possibly early 1970s and, if my memory serves me correctly, it's porcelain. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. Re: Alan Wallwork by l33ham180 July 21st 2015, 10:24 am here is the piece from willinghams at the weekend. Overseas bidders please contact us for a shipping quote. If bidding from Overseas it is your own responsibility to check your countries import laws, If this item contains incorrect or inappropriate information please, Relevant Somewhere in this thread there is mention of Alan letting him take a kiln or something with him, which he was supposed to pay for later but never did! 18 : start; Packing up is taking a long time as I keep coming across beauties like these four that I've not seen in ages. This is an earthenware vase made by the Studio 266148977356 { Alan Wallwork Ceramic Art Tile - Made in England Alan Wallwork Ceramic Art Tile - Made in England model:rPEDL22057 The green interior is ighly unsusual P philip Alan Wallwork Bagel Brutalist Funny setTimeout('renderedElement.style.visibility = "visible"', 1); } Following the economic downturn of the late 1970s he moved to Lyme Regis, also in Dorset, where he made 'organic' pieces. display = false; Holiday House Hamptons 2019: Givenchy Gentleman by Patrik Lnn, Holiday House 2017: Bank Holiday by Alyssa Kapito, Holiday House 2017: Out of Africa by Patrik Lnn. /* Pour maximiser les compatibilites IE6/7/8 en quirk/doctyped */ A Very Rare Studio Pottery Tall Vase - By Alan Wallwork. } (event.clientX + de.scrollLeft) : x; } Textures were created by incising, rouletting and stamping often inlaid with white slip. if( typeof(console) == "undefined" ) 28.5 x 21 x 22cm Underside incised with artist's initials. else (D)Additional InformationAppears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration. var start = document.go_page.start.value; } self.location.href = ['','t4286p'+start+'-alan-wallwork'].join('/'); Having spoken to several potters, who trained in London at that time, including Alan, the consensus seems to be that the teacher/lecturer, Kenneth Clark (of tile fame), and his young technical assistant, Gordon Baldwin, were behind much of this. (D)Additional InformationAppears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. { This experimentation centred largely on London art colleges such as the Central School and Goldsmiths College, where Alan went in 1955, studying under Kenneth Clark and Gordon Baldwin, both avant-garde potters who opened up new aesthetic and technical possibilities. Sort by View Grid List Share Refine Artist Alan Wallwork Form Vintage Rare 1960's Bernard Rooke Studio Pottery Vase Sculpture Collectors Art. function Pagination() I spoke to Alan Wallwork this morning and he said that for around 6 months he got the assistant, who colied the cylinder, to put their mark on the bottom as well and the S is for Sue. FOR SALE! } } 30cms high, *This lot qualifies for Artists Resale Rights. Are they AW? . For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org. The association with Heal's led to Alan's work being exhibited in Copenhagen. An Alan Wallwork Studio Pottery handled vase, An Alan Wallwork Studio Pottery handled vase, of ovoid form, with a cup neck, the ochre ground with bronzed organic glaze, impressed initials to base, An Alan Wallwork stoneware wasp's nest vase An Alan Wallwork stoneware wasp's nest vase incised monogram, 21cm.