Lisa Hammond, Maze Hill Pottery

NaomiM wrote:Her work can only appreciate.

Nothing is a dead cert, prices may well go up if you hold onto pieces, but may not even appreciate as fast as interest rates. May even go down a fair whack, especially compared to current "new" prices.

I do like her pots however and congrats to her for the MBE.

........... and something different a colander.

Sorry if ive posted before...

It definitely looks cold.

A soda glazed teapot.

This is an intetresting 27 cms dish with the Kigbeare,Okehampton mark on it,

And another one with Kigbeare mark on it. 30 cms and quite a strking Blue

Very nice studio salt glazed stoneware mug in the manner of Leach potters... Looks to be wood fired. Impressed mark 'nh' or 'mh' ? Thought it might be Nic Harrison? Anyone know? Thanks

You've only gone and nailed it again! Thrown by Florian Gadsby (for Lisa Hammond) Soda-fired Standard Ware at Maze Hill.

CharlieC wrote:You've only gone and nailed it again! Thrown by Florian Gadsby (for Lisa Hammond) Soda-fired Standard Ware at Maze Hill.

Why do you think he threw it?

I thought that I read it alongside the photo of mugs above... But I guess it could have been thrown by Lisa Hammond? What do you think? Cheers

A Lisa Hammond 7 inch diameter plate showing her more recent incised signature on the back.

Its interesting why potters change their mark. Some stay the same throughout their career, some change their mark quite frequently. Whatever the reason, it does make it more difficult to identify their work. I am the only one to find that difficult to read? Or is it just the photo?

It is something that many Japanese potters do and that is where Lisa will have gotten the idea from I would suggest. It isn't a signature as such but a mark - like people in the past where able to sign with a cross when they couldn't write

or maybe a celebrity doing a swiggle when asked for an autograph.

In this case it's 3 short lines one way with a longer line through the middle of them roughly at right angles.