Ian Godfrey

Was on ebay BiN at £15 I think.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-ian-godfrey-1542932.html

Ian Godfrey was probably one of the most unique potters to come out of the Golden era of British Studio Pottery.
Friendly with both Lucie Rie and Hans Coper he is often regarded as one of that circle of that potters as close to and influenced by  Lucie Rie. She certainly admired his work. While having produced standard pots, he is mainly famed for his idiosyncratic forms slowly carved out of clay with a penknife. An unusual and interesting potter.




A stoneware chest of drawers. Surmounted by two detachable houses. Incised with reindeer, birds, turtles and fish. 20 cms high

Stoneware Fox Box. with carved fox heads and handles. The lid with donkeys ram and birds. 17 cms high.

13 cm four handled  covered bowl

A stoneware village sculpture with 5 houses of varying sizes, 7.5x7.5x7.5 cms

A stoneware Barrel pot carved with flowers surmounted by house, animal and tree, incised with circles. Glazed white

26 cm vase with carved bands of overlapping panels, the base with carved animals.

Antelope vase incised with foliate pattern. 26 cms high.

yes a good and interesting potter his prices are reasonably affordable at present, his more complex creations always seem to have some damage when they come to auction. He is not on my wish to buy list but i like his work.

At the Hepworth Gallery Wakefield June 2023

yes but his pieces are very recognisable and he's made his own little magic kingdom. That Stoneware Fox Box is fabulous, I really like pieces that make me go WTF is that! so much I see is normal / boring in the pottery world. Like the tiny case of drawers I posted from the V&A it makes you think why? what am I looking at? That's always a good thing in my world.

This lidded box is from 1968. It is in the Bill Ismay collection at York COCA. It is quite interesting how rather simple the form is.

This lidded box is from 1973. The design is a lot more complicated than those of 5 Years earlier. In the Bill Ismay collection at York COCA.

Another Ian Godfrey lidded box from 1968, Again, the form is much simpler than his later work. Bill Ismay collection at York COCA.