JANICE TCHALENKO - early and late career pots (excl. Dartington)

by Gordie September 3rd 2016, 4:59 pm

Another pot from my late mother-in-law's collection.

The jug is 17 cm high with no markings.

Gordon.

JANICE TCHALENKO - early and late career pots (excl. Dartington) Unknow10

by **Mordeep** September 3rd 2016, 6:01 pm

Looks a bit like the work of Janice Tchalenko. She's a devil for coloured dots and wavy lines Excellent

by **NaomiM** September 3rd 2016, 8:35 pm

Possibly Dartington or a Scottish potter who's name escapes me, or one of Mike Powers apprentices, Nottingham, who set up on his own and who's name also escapes me.
Base photos essential, even if there's no mark.

by Gordie September 4th 2016, 11:14 am

Thank you Mordeep. Janice Tchalenko has replied to an email I sent her, as follows:

'Yes that is one of my very early jugs, about 1979 to early eighties. Probably worth something now but not enough to retire on!!!'

Gordon Happy

by **Mordeep** September 4th 2016, 7:49 pm

Great to hear and a great find.

by **studio-pots** September 5th 2016, 8:05 am

Gordie wrote:Thank you Mordeep. Janice Tchalenko has replied to an email I sent her, as follows:

'Yes that is one of my very early jugs, about 1979 to early eighties. Probably worth something now but not enough to retire on!!!'

Gordon

Any value that the jug has will rely on your email and her reply. You ought to print off and keep a copy of it with the jug.

by **philpot** May 12th 2020, 5:12 pm

These images are definitely Janice Tchalenko. They were taken at the CPA Contemorary shop in May 2017. The signature is a written one, and was taken from the bottom of one of the pots. A seminal figure in studio design work with Dartington and Poole, her individual work probably never really received the attention it was due Sadly she died in 2018. The link is to her obituary in the Guardian which gives a good deal of information about her.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/aug/16/janice-tchalenko-obituary