David Frith
Brookhouse Pottery

Oakwoodceramics are delighted to exhibit teabowls and yunomi by David Frith. We have long admired the work of David, he is a potter of immense skill and talent. His glaze repertoire with a wonderful celadon, kaki and tenmoku is second to none. Currently David is developing a Shino glaze after the Japanese type (see TB-DF03)

THE ART of reduction fired stoneware and porcelain came from the Orient and reached its height in the Sung to Ming Dynasties in China. Bernard Leach, born 1887, the father of the British Studio movement united the aesthetics of East and West and along with his student, Michael Cardew, his son David and others, started a tradition of high fired ceramics in this country.
Although emphasis and ideology change, the tradition remains strong and its development is apparent in the Frith’s workshop where the search for the finest quality high-fired glazes involves refining and grinding the minerals and ball-milling the glazes for several hours. Emanating from this research ideas are born, giving their work its own identity and character and where intuitiveness and expressiveness plays an important role to find a depth of feeling that goes beyond mere technique.

TEABOWL
Stoneware
Celadon & Kaki Glaze with impressd leaf decoration. Slightly squared form.

Size dia 4.25in (10.5 cm) height 3.25in (8. 5cm)
Ref: TB-DF01
Price: £70.00
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YUNOMI
Stoneware
Tessha & Ash Glaze

Size dia 3.75in (9.5 cm) height 4in (10.0 cm)
Ref: TB-DF02
Price: £75.00
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