Not on display

Pot

2004 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Simon Carroll is an artist of considerable energy and enthusiasm, who revels in the direct handling of materials, and in the marks left on objects through the process of making. This robust and muscular pot pays hommage to early English slipwares.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, thrown and press-moulded, with slip decoration and honey glaze.
Brief description
Slipware pot, made by Simon Carroll, Hereford, 2004
Physical description
Tall, earthenware pot of rugged form, decorated with pale, brown and dark slips, the rim honey-glazed. There are no marks.
Dimensions
  • Height: 63.5cm
  • Width: 30.5cm
Gallery label
(2009)
Simon Carroll (1964–2009)
‘Tall Thrown Pot’
2004

Bold, expressionistic markings characterise this
pot by Simon Carroll, both in its surface decoration
and in the handling of the clay itself. Drawing on
early slipware and earthenware traditions, Carroll
exaggerated the marks typically left by the potter’s
hands in a celebration of the physicality of making.

Made in Shucknall, Herefordshire
Earthenware, thrown and press-moulded,
with slip decoration and honey glaze
Museum no. C.26-2005
Summary
Simon Carroll is an artist of considerable energy and enthusiasm, who revels in the direct handling of materials, and in the marks left on objects through the process of making. This robust and muscular pot pays hommage to early English slipwares.
Collection
Accession number
C.26-2005

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Record createdAugust 23, 2005
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