South African Design: Past & Present

Timed Online Auction, 13 June - 9 July 2025

Interior Elements: Wood, Metal, Fibre, Ceramic & Glass Art
About the Session

This 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.


Current Bid

ZAR 13 000
Lot 92
  • Andrew Walford; Large tile with decorative markings and motifs
  • Andrew Walford; Large tile with decorative markings and motifs


Lot Estimate
ZAR 12 000 - 14 000
Current Bid
4 bids
Current bid ZAR 13 000
Location
Cape Town
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About this Item

South African 1942-
Large tile with decorative markings and motifs

signed ANDREW WALFORD 2013

white-, blue- and brown-glazed earthenware
80cm high, 110cm wide, 1cm deep

Notes

"My skill is only a fraction of the finished pot, for at every stage I am borrowing the forces of nature and adding to them a purpose."
- Andrew Walford

Walford works in the Anglo-Oriental tradition and is inspired by the indigenous African bush that surrounds his home and studio. Andrew is a hands-on, intuitive artist who is singularly involved in every aspect of making the ceramic item; from digging his own clay to forming and firing. He uses the influence of Japanese brush strokes to enrich his pottery which he refers to as Zulu-Zen mark making.

*This tile includes a wall-hanging bracket.

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