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| Mike Dodd Footed Bowl white broken slip, comb decoration, ash glaze (4 x 4.75 inches) CUP 065 $157 |
I work mostly in stoneware, sometimes in porcelain, producing a standard but evolving range of strong, practical and affordable wares for the kitchen and home. Teapots, jugs, mugs, storage jars, bowls, ovenware casseroles, serving and cooking dishes, vases and bins. They are all made on a foot-propelled continental kickwheel. I also devote some of my time to ‘individual pieces’ which extend the intuitive and experimental aspects of the work.
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| Mike Dodd Footed Bowl wax pattern, Hornfels stone dip (3.5 x 4.25 inches) CUP 066 $126 SOLD |
As
a young student, while studying to be a doctor at university, I visited many
museums to see collections of mostly early Chinese, Korean and medieval English
pots. I became increasingly convinced that that was where my future lay. After
a short, unsatisfactory course at Hammersmith College of Art I left and with
£90 to my name set up my first pottery in a rented cottage in the tiny village
of Edburton just north of Brighton. 40 years later I am still passionate about
this great craft.
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| Mike Dodd Faceted Yunomi basalt black and high silica ash glaze (4 x 3.5 inches) CUP 067 $118 |
The
pots are fired in an oil-fired kiln in what is known as a ‘reducing flame’ to
create warmer, earthier colours. I have researched and tested a wide range of
rocks (local, if possible) e.g. Somerset basalt, Devon hornfels, and Cornish
granite, as well as local clays and woodashes for use in glazes and slips. I
attempt to stay true to the qualities I most admire in preindustrial country
workshops worldwide; qualities such as generosity of form, unpretentiousness,
directness and spontaneity.
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| Mike Dodd Faceted Yunomi 2 ash glazes (4 x 3.5 inches) CUP 068 $118 |
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| Mike Dodd Footed Mug porphyry/ash glaze over a manganese slip (3.75 x 4.5 inches) CUP 069 $48 SOLD |
Website: http://mikedoddpottery.com/
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