Bowl (P340)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Colin Pearson
Title
Bowl
Made in
London Borough of Islington
Date
1984
Description
Shallow stoneware bowl with two curved 'wing' attachments on opposite sites, with a white/brown matt glaze.
Materials and techniques
Thrown and turned stoneware; 'wings' combed, bent, carved and applied to body. Porcelain slips with additions painted and sprayed onto dry body, then painted and sprayed with matt glaze. Once-fired in an electric kiln.
Dimensions
height: 18cm
diameter: 47cm
Object number
P340
Category
Maker's statement
It has been made a year or so after setting up my new London workshop and is a product of much research in new glazes and slips for firing in an electric kiln because all previous work had been fired in a reduction gas kiln.