South African Design: Past & Present
Timed Online Auction, 13 June - 9 July 2025
Interior Elements: Wood, Metal, Fibre, Ceramic & Glass Art
About the SessionThis sale traces the heritage of South African design across centuries of creative expression highlighting diverse design objects through two sessions. Uniting the sessions is a celebration of the versatility of materials - metal, wood, glass, clay, fibre - and how artists and artisans have transformed them over time into works of wonder, rich in both tradition and innovation.
About this Item
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Tim Morris worked in the Bernard Leach stoneware pottery tradition, which fused Eastern ceramics with techniques from England and Germany. He believed that pottery is a combination of art, philosophy, design and craft. He held exhibitions in every major city in South Africa and several international exhibitions in Los Angeles, Italy, Germany, Holland and Namibia. He was a founder member of Association of Potters of Southern Africa and the founder of the Crocodile River Arts and Crafts Ramble in Johannesburg.