Pin Pot
1968 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Dan Arbeid is an important pioneer of post-war British ceramics. He explored handbuilding techniques and surface textures in a style that strongly opposed the East Asian forms and glazes used by Bernard Leach and his followers. In the 1960s Arbeid made daring new pots, experimenting with imaginative and inventive forms and extremes of texture. He later worked primarily as a teacher. Arbeid made this type of tall slim pot from slabs of clay, which he formed round a rolling pin and joined with a clearly visible seam.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, hand-built, with thick pitted grey glaze |
| Brief description | Handbuilt stoneware pot with grey pitted glaze, Dan Arbeid, 1968. |
| Physical description | Tall, thin stoneware pot shaped by wrapping the clay around a rolling pin, with a thick pitted grey glaze. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'DA', impressed |
| Object history | Acquisition details: see Circ.836-1968 |
| Summary | Dan Arbeid is an important pioneer of post-war British ceramics. He explored handbuilding techniques and surface textures in a style that strongly opposed the East Asian forms and glazes used by Bernard Leach and his followers. In the 1960s Arbeid made daring new pots, experimenting with imaginative and inventive forms and extremes of texture. He later worked primarily as a teacher. Arbeid made this type of tall slim pot from slabs of clay, which he formed round a rolling pin and joined with a clearly visible seam. |
| Bibliographic reference | Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.841-1968 |
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| Record created | January 14, 2000 |
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