Journey Jar (2015.6)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Adam Buick
Title
Journey Jar
Made in
St. Davids
Date
2014
Description
Coloured stoneware with a porcelain path inlayed depicting a walk along the coast from Porthgain to St. Davids Head.
Materials and techniques
A clay body with the addition on oxides to give it a blue slate colour. Thrown on the potters wheel in two halves then joined and reworked on the wheel into a final piece. Porcelain has been inlayed into the surface then cut back to reveal the path. An opaque white glaze was used inside but due to the cobalt in the body it has turned blue. The work was wood fired.
Dimensions
height: 40.3cm
width: 43cm
depth: 43cm
Object number
2015.6
Category
Credit
Acquired by the Crafts Council's Museum Purchase Fund for display at Gallery Oldham
Maker's statement
I first made pieces depicting paths around 2012. Paths are a motif I use to represent my actual and metaphoric journeys through a place. To understand a landscape is to move through it, to give it context. Paths are like common routes of experience, guiding us through the landscape. They are connections through time, to others and to the land. Ultimately my work is about being present within a landscape.
Adam Buick, 26/09/2017
Adam Buick, 26/09/2017