Alan Wallwork

This is the design for a 6' poster for an exhibition that opens here in Feb. The large square vase is one of Alan's...

I'm more excited to se the pots

22 Crawford St. wrote:I'm more excited to see the pots

Will there be a link with images once the exhibition is open?

I will take some photos once its all set up on Feb. 1st/2nd and I'll post them here.

The museum doesn't seem to have a lot of info' for most exhibitions - there will likely be just my written introduction, as the above poster.

Here's a link to the museum's English site...

https://en.ceramics.ntpc.gov.tw/xmdoc?xsmsid=0G300022253905324651

There are lots of photos and a cool 'digital museum' that's accessible through the biennale exhibition, which is on the top floor, while my show will be on the lower floor...

https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=9SkQWs9r2Ln&lang=en

Are they going to Matterport the exhibition ? or is this just the fixed one? That would be great if they did. it just runs off a smartphone, we use them and have a person who does ours. The gallery is really neat, I like the walls on wheels. Japan is so honourable - would a bit of red tape keep people off exhibitions in the UJK? I think not.

22 Crawford St. wrote: Japan is so honourable - would a bit of red tape keep people off exhibitions in the UJK? I think not.

It's actually in Taiwan. When I went there about a month ago, I was taking a photo and inadvertently stepped over a red line. A member of staff immediately asked me to step back.

Looking through the site, it seems like it's just that show that has the digital experience.

On re-reading this Alan Wallwork thread (and what as valuable thread it is!). It made me reconsider a couple of Wallwork pieces we have had for many years, and were somewhat hidden away! This vase just has he W mark in it. But the markings made me wonder if it is a much earlier piece than I thought it was. Perhaps from the 60's? Certainly somewhat anything else on here! 19 cms high. Any opinions?

20 cms high. Again I wonder if is from the 1960's.

Perhaps from the 60's?  Certainly somewhat anything else on here! 19 cms high. Any opinions?


Yes, this is a 1960s piece. I have a very similar vase.

Thanks Cycladelic. One lives and learns!

You can see mine in the middle of these. I also have a similar (shorter) one without the white.

Alan Wallwork said those notches on the corners came from seeing rope grooves in wooden posts beside a canal near his home.

Louis Hudson seems to have taken the idea with him, and passed it on to Sonia Sjoholm.

cycladelic wrote: Perhaps from the 60's?  Certainly somewhat anything else on here! 19 cms high. Any opinions?


Yes, this is a 1960s piece. I have a very similar vase.

They look "Greenwich" period 1960 -1965. Alan told me that, "He and Bernard Rooke (who was renting a studio there from Alan) did similar decoration that would include the occasional letters from their respective names".

There are 14 pieces of Alan's in the exhibition here in Taiwan...

Lovely display.

Some of the newer Alan Wallwork that have been added to the little collection……

An interesting selection. I assume that you aren't finding these casually these days? That is, on your general travels to fairs/centres etc.

I have found a couple of pieces in the wild but none in this image….all found using the interweb…..I haven’t been to an antique fair in years….my iPad is my antiques fair nowadays….

More chance of finding a unicorn in the forest playing whist with Lord Lucan than finding a good Wallwork in the wild

https://issuu.com/oxfordceramics/docs/awcat22x22

A link to the Oxford ceramics exhibition back some yonks ago. It is a very informative catalogue.

I had a visit from "joethehat" yesterday and, having taken my "Garden Wallworks" indoors for the winter, decided to clean up the most unusual one for him to see.

Here it is. It's around 44 cm tall and I suspect Alan would have called it a Radiant Oval.

Alan had scored through the mark on the base (see below) but the only faults are a couple of "kiln kisses" on the reverse otherwise no damage.

A bowl with 'pool' in the bottom

The bottom of the above bowl.