TOTALLY TEABOWLS III
An exhibition celebrating the
Teabowl & Tea held by
The Oakwood Gallery
in October 2007

Dan Kelly
Stoneware

Dan Kelly’s trademarks are a freedom of throwing that enhances the rhythms of form. The accentuated rims and bases are often torn, the flecks and shavings of clay left and fired hard. In Kelly’s work you have, literally, to take the rough with the smooth, qualities inherited from his tutor Colin Pearson. There are indentations, creases, slashing and openings, all adding to the bodily implications of the vessel that so fascinate him. Just as he enjoys the seductiveness of clay, “this wet, soggy mass”, the shapes too can be highly sensual.

David Whiting.