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AMABEL BARRACLOUGH

Gathering Storm II (Handmade Plate)

£285.00

Gathering Storm II (Handmade Plate)
Gathering Storm II (Handmade Plate)
Gathering Storm II (Handmade Plate)
Gathering Storm II (Handmade Plate)
Gathering Storm II (Handmade Plate)
Gathering Storm II (Handmade Plate)
Gathering Storm II (Handmade Plate)
Gathering Storm II (Handmade Plate)
Gathering Storm II (Handmade Plate)
Gathering Storm II (Handmade Plate)
Gathering Storm II (Handmade Plate)
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AMABEL BARRACLOUGH

Gathering Storm II (Handmade Plate)

£285.00


Product Details

Size: 23 x 23 x 1.3cm (9.1 x 9.1 x 0.5 inches)

Hand built terracotta plate, slip & oxide decoration. Signed on reverse.

(Please note this is an artist-made piece and not suitable for food use)

STORY | SONG TO THE SEA:

Amabel Barraclough has created an astonishing collection of stormy, briny seascapes, inspired by her memories of a childhood on the west coast of Scotland.


Great billowing and mountainous clouds are seen through porthole-like apertures, focusing our eyes on the horizon, making out shapes of possible boats and people, drifting in and out of view.

Amabel was initially inspired by the Skies Sketchbook, a pocket-sized notebook created in 1818 by the British landscape painter J. M. W. Turner.  In this series of ceramics, she further explores her own desire to seek out wild seascapes, using generous and energetic brushstrokes to convey the sense of scale and weather in each piece.


The tactile, distinctly hand-made feel of the pieces, adds to the feeling of a journal of sorts, with edges similar to paper torn from a sketchbook, much like a ship’s artist would have documented a voyage. It adds to the palpable energy of each piece.


The use of ancient materials, such as terracotta and oxide glazes in Amabel’s work, brings to mind the pottery traded over the high seas for centuries, with shipwrecked china still found in the bottom of the sea, waiting to be discovered.


Amabel Barraclough is a ceramicist based in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Her work is inspired by a love of the wild spirit found in the landscape and natural forces. Working with terracotta, her hand-built pieces are decorated with slip, then oxides and wax resist to create layers of tone and texture to build the compositions.

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