As a ceramics student in the eighties, I was fascinated by a statement from “The Unknown Craftsman” by Soetsu Yanagi :
“When you are doing your work, you and your work are two different things, but when you become the work and do the work, true work becomes possible”.
I spent months, years, throwing boards of pots, hundreds of them, whilst yearning to achieve this condition of becoming, and became frustrated.
We cannot become ego-less in order to make good work. If we did truly achieve a state of selflessness, we would be somewhere else doing something else with our lives, like Mother Teresa. However, I do agree with Grayson Perry when he says "A potter's most important tool is the hammer".
These days a certain proportion of my work is thrown on the wheel, but the act of throwing itself I find the least enjoyable activity, like rolling slabs. When you begin to go to work on the slab is best. I love turning a thrown pot, at which point you can really begin to see the piece come to life. Turning, texturing, painting and glazing I like best.
This idea of somehow jettisoning duality is difficult when making pots. But it is still possible through practice to produce spirited work, which for me is paramount. Even when it feels like exciting things are happening during the working process, when it feels like you are really discovering, creating, making a difference, making something possible, all around can be agonising chaos and head-crunching concerns. Not the Hamada ‘walking down the hill in a pleasant breeze' backdrop for me. True creative release never arrives, otherwise we would have nothing left to do.
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#0007524 Gw 15/22 ' Chord ' Group Of 8
Approx 300mm x 700mmGary Wood - British Studio Contemporary Pottery
Wall Plaques- Ready to hang Can be sold separately in the Gallery £78 each
130mm x 130mm each one The Arts Council England's "OWN ART" Scheme for interest free loan is available on this piece to UK residents who visit The Gallery or 'Buy Online' Repayable over ten months- WORLD WIDE SHIPPING NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE - For availability, multiple purchases & all other enquiries
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#0007510 Gw30 Tall Pot 2
Approx 495mm x 110mmGary Wood - British Studio Contemporary Pottery
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#0007509 Gw29 Tall Pot 1
Approx 350mm x 90mmGary Wood - British Studio Contemporary Pottery
Signed - Gary's stamp The Arts Council England's "OWN ART" Scheme for interest free loan is available on this piece to UK residents who visit The Gallery or 'Buy Online' Repayable over ten months- WORLD WIDE SHIPPING NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE - For availability, multiple purchases & all other enquiries
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#0007499 Gw12 ' Portal 5 ' Painted Stoneware
Approx 330mm x 230mmGary Wood British Studio Pottery
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#0007498 Gw11 ' Sky Door 4 ' Painted Stoneware
Approx 280mm x 320mmGary Wood British Studio Pottery
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#0007497 Gw10 Untitled Painted Stoneware
Approx 310mm x 280mmGary Wood British Studio Pottery
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