Stoneware vase

Provenance

Gifted to the current owner by Heather de Haes, Swiss Global Foundation founder, Switzerland, 2001.

Notes

'Working from his studio in Bath, Paul slowly develops robust, pared-back shapes using coiling, modelling, carving and other handbuilding techniques. The vessels are fired no less than four times, with layers of slips and oxides introduced at each stage, to yield subtly eroded and spotted surfaces. Recalling ancient artefacts
and geological textures, his work evokes a feeling of serenity.'¹

^1. Contemporary Ceramics (no date) Paul Philp, online, https://www.contemporaryceramics.uk/makers/paul-philp/, accessed 30 September 2024.