Re: Alan Wallwork

by **philpot** June 16th 2013, 7:42 pm

An early piece with just the W.

Alan Wallwork - Page 6 05510

by **philpot** June 16th 2013, 7:43 pm

And another smaller one.

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by **philpot** June 16th 2013, 7:45 pm

And an older lamp base.

Alan Wallwork - Page 6 05610

by **philpot** June 16th 2013, 7:46 pm

A much later AW piece 2011/2012.

Alan Wallwork - Page 6 04710

by **philpot** June 16th 2013, 7:48 pm

An AW piece 2011/12.

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by **philpot** June 16th 2013, 7:50 pm

Another of the same period.

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by **philpot** June 17th 2013, 9:03 am

Mind you,his style changes very little. This cheese wedge looking piece I bought in the mid 90's. Laughter

by joethehat September 23rd 2013, 12:03 pm

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Photograph by Brian Usher

by **bistoboy** February 12th 2014, 6:45 pm

here is an unusual winged vessel, perhaps modeled on a sycamore seed? There don't appear to be any makers marks, but the base has a depression in the middle (similar looking to a glass vase which has had it's pontil polished out).

any ideas?

by **dantheman** February 12th 2014, 7:49 pm

it reminds me of Alan Wallwork

by **bistoboy** February 13th 2014, 12:13 am

that was my hope, but without a mark underneath who knows

by **NaomiM** February 13th 2014, 1:21 am

Looks like a pair of lungs. Wrong shape for a pair of sycamore seeds.

I thought Wallwork used a lighter/greyer clay? I'm afraid it's not saying Wallwork to me.

by **studio-pots** February 13th 2014, 8:41 am

It looks like a hobby potter trying to produce something in the manner of AW. Not made as Alan would have done from a technical point of view.

by **dantheman** February 13th 2014, 12:01 pm

a very attractive object though, if it was a hobby potter he/she would have been very pleased with it

by **bistoboy** February 13th 2014, 6:02 pm

studio-pots wrote:It looks like a hobby potter trying to produce something in the manner of AW. Not made as Alan would have done from a technical point of view.

as a matter of interest, how does Alan make his vessels? are they handmoulded or made on a wheel some how?

by **bistoboy** February 13th 2014, 6:04 pm

http://www.alanwallwork.info/Abbotsford%203%20Sided%20Seedcase.png similar colouring

by **NaomiM** February 13th 2014, 6:29 pm

bistoboy wrote:http://www.alanwallwork.info/Abbotsford%203%20Sided%20Seedcase.png similar colouring

This too.

http://www.alanwallwork.info/abbortsfordgall.html = seed pod form

If it is Wallwork's then maybe he didn't mark it because he wasn't happy with how it turned out.

by **NaomiM** February 13th 2014, 7:19 pm

Well it's a classic example of where a name makes all the difference. If it can be attributed to Wallwork then people will think it must be good, but otherwise, I agree with SP, it looks like a hobby potter trying to copy him.

by **studio-pots** February 13th 2014, 7:38 pm

bistoboy wrote:
studio-pots wrote:It looks like a hobby potter trying to produce something in the manner of AW. Not made as Alan would have done from a technical point of view.
as a matter of interest, how does Alan make his vessels? are they handmoulded or made on a wheel some how?

They are mostly bowls thrown on a wheel and then altered, joined and the decoration done by incising or poking holes in them.

by **dantheman** February 13th 2014, 7:45 pm

I almost wrote 'I prefer Bisty's seed to some of Alan's earlier stuff' but luckily I spotted the carry on connotations Big Laughter

by **bistoboy** February 13th 2014, 8:40 pm

a few more pics.

by **dantheman** February 14th 2014, 10:36 am

this thread is very interesting as it emphasizes Alan's talent and eye for detail when making his nature based sculptures

by **bistoboy** February 15th 2014, 3:47 pm

I have had an email from Alan confirming that this piece is by him, that he did Sometimes miss signing pieces and that he made very few like this shape. Coolio!!! :-)

by **studio-pots** February 15th 2014, 4:00 pm

I am surprised but if the man said it was his then he would know. Did he mentioned when he was likely to have made it?

by **bistoboy** February 15th 2014, 4:02 pm

No, he didn't say when. But he mentioned that because they're quite fragile, he didn't expect many to have survived and that certainly those he had kept, hadn't faired well.

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