Thrown and Altered Vessel: A Space for Summer (series) I, by Barry Stedman2020

This ceramic vessel is one of Barry’s iconic soft slab formed works. His ceramics are influenced by drawings made within the land, exploring relationships between colour, texture and form, and motivated by surrounding light, atmosphere and colours. They are three-dimensional paintings that you can walk around, and view from many angles. He chooses to work with strong, simple forms often in series, exploring a particular theme thrown up by a place, a drawing or a memory that has moved him in some way. The work always feels fresh, spontaneous and full of energy. Working with red earthenware clay, most of the work is either slab built or wheel thrown and altered, and then painted, scratched and marked with coloured slips, stains and oxides. Much more than vessels, Barry Stedman’s ceramics are three-dimensional paintings, except paintings that can be turned and viewed from many angles. Barry is currently employed as an Artist in the studio of Edmund de Waal.