First Decade Interview with Glenys Barton (OH10)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Title
First Decade Interview with Glenys Barton
Made in
Essex
Date
14/07/2015
Description
Two digital sound files of First Decade interview with Glenys Barton, part one: 00:22:28, part two: 01:10:55.
Content
The sculptor Glenys Barton (b. 1944) talks to the First Decade Curator Gloria Lin about the early stages of making bone china pieces, her involvement with Wedgwood and the intentions behind her objects held in the Crafts Council Collection. Barton emphasises that her abstract objects should always be open to personal interpretation, describes how her work was heavily influenced by her time as a Crafts Council representative in Mexico, where she climbed the ancient pyramids, and reveals her obsession with the author J. G. Ballard. Her detailed discussion of these influences and her making process brings new depth to her work and provides a clear picture of her working habits and thought processes.
Object number
OH10
Related documents
Glenys Barton discussing museums in Mexico, 2015, © Crafts Council.
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Glenys Barton discussing her work, 'Time at Yagul', and J.G. Ballard, 2015, © Crafts Council.
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