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NEIL BROWNSWORD (born 1970); Waster I (2011), a stoneware wall hanging (with metal brackets), 45 x
Brownsword’s compositions reconfigure the ceramic manufacturing histories of his home town - Stoke-on-Trent, a ceramic capital that has undergone significant transitions in recent decades. Through a research process which involves the reconstitution of industrial archaeology and post-industrial remnants salvaged from ceramic production, Brownsword explores the impact of globalization on people, place and traditional industry. Residual forms familiar to production methods and complex systems of craft knowledge are transformed by Brownsword via the excessive heat of the kiln to create poetic abstract amalgams.
The Waster series comprised detritus that Brownsword salvaged from various shutdown ceramic factories in Stoke-on-Trent. He glazed and re-fired this material, fusing it together with ‘shraff’ or ceramic landfill, and composed these transformed fragments into sculptures that cite taxonomies of industrial archaeology. The title of the work directly references the term ‘waster’, which is used in the ceramic industry to describe a broken or ‘failed’ object which is subsequently discarded.
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Appears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration.
Brownsword’s compositions reconfigure the ceramic manufacturing histories of his home town - Stoke-on-Trent, a ceramic capital that has undergone significant transitions in recent decades. Through a research process which involves the reconstitution of industrial archaeology and post-industrial remnants salvaged from ceramic production, Brownsword explores the impact of globalization on people, place and traditional industry. Residual forms familiar to production methods and complex systems of craft knowledge are transformed by Brownsword via the excessive heat of the kiln to create poetic abstract amalgams.
The Waster series comprised detritus that Brownsword salvaged from various shutdown ceramic factories in Stoke-on-Trent. He glazed and re-fired this material, fusing it together with ‘shraff’ or ceramic landfill, and composed these transformed fragments into sculptures that cite taxonomies of industrial archaeology. The title of the work directly references the term ‘waster’, which is used in the ceramic industry to describe a broken or ‘failed’ object which is subsequently discarded.
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Appears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration.
The British Ceramics Biennial: Studio Ceramics and Modern Design
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This is a two centre auction commencing 6pm Thursday 10th October at The British Ceramics Biennial, Old Spode Works China Hall, Kingsway, Stoke-On-Trent, ST4 1JB, followed a full day sale to be held at The Cheshire Saleroom from 10am on Friday 11th October.
Viewing (Stoke on Trent): VIP night a week prior to the sale from 6-9pm on Thursday 3rd October 2019. The sale is on display throughout the Festival from 7th September 2019.
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