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Large Blue Pot

Britton, Alison

© Alison Britton/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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For thousands of years, in many cultures across the globe, people have made symbolic associations between the human body and ceramic vessels. The body can seem to be a container for the spirit, while pots have necks, bellies, feet. This pot by Alison Britton echoes the form of a human torso and brings that ancient tradition into the contemporary world. Britton’s pots are slab-built and expressively painted; she explores the forms of vessels, intending us to investigate them with our eyes and minds rather than use them. She describes her work as “a still-life of a pot done in clay".


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Details

Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 39606

Creation/Production

Britton, Alison
Date: 1986

Acquisition

Gift, 23/9/2016
Given by Ed Wolf

Measurements

Height (cm): 43
Width (cm): 43.5
Depth (cm): 31

Techniques

slab-built
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
slip-trailed
decoration
Applied Art
splashed

Material

earthenware

Location

In store
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Tags

  • Applied Art
  • Art And Design Movements
  • Blue
  • Britton, Alison
  • Ceramics
  • Earthenware
  • Key Design Elements
  • People
  • Still Life
  • Studio Ceramics
  • The Body

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