Sargent, Patrick - ceramic, good condition,

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Estimated price: $500 - $750

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Blue Bowl, 1982, is a ceramic signed "Sargent" on the bottom, in good condition, with no chips or cracks measuring 13.25×12.75×5. Much of Sargent’s success lay in his choice of forms which were intended to respond well to any possible firing effects. A variety of bottles and bowls were produced as well as handsome platters that ranged in size from a modest 12in dinner plate to vast pieces some 24in or 30in in diameter. Some shapes borrow loosely from the relaxed casualness of the Japanese tea ceremony, some from the sturdy jug forms of medieval England, but all were transposed and reinterpreted in Sargent’s highly individual style. The power of these intriguingly flamboyant pieces brought growing international acclaim, and in 1991 he was made a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association. In the same year he was one of a group of potters demonstrating at the Aberystwyth International Potters Festival, his long blond, beaded locks and his decorative pierced earrings making a lasting impression as he systematically and rhythmically wedged the clay on the floor with his feet before quietly throwing his pots. With a combination of shyness, arrogance and sensitivity, Sargent fearlessly explored the extremes of firing, opening new possibilities, in a search for some fundamental truth about "naturalness" expressed through making, clay and fire. Patrick Nigel Sargent, potter: born Northampton 28 September 1956; married first Olive Redhead (one daughter; marriage dissolved), second Renate Badertscher; died Heimisbach, Switzerland 4 September 1998.

Condition: good

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