Peter Beard Ceramics

Peter beard is a maker of vessels and sculptural pieces.

Peter beard ceramics. His ceramic work is vessel based and sculptural exhibited internationally in museums and private collections. He then helped to set. Working from rural warwickshire he follows his own exacting techniques to achieve these surface effects using wax resist to create carefully controlled glaze patterns and grinding back many thin layers of coloured slip and clay to reveal a composite of intricate textures. Studio ceramics by peter lane published by collins 1983.

Peter s professional career in ceramics began in 1973 after studying industrial design and furniture design at ravensbourne college of art. In 2006 taschen first published the book that has come to define his oeuvre signed by the artist and published in two volumes. Taschen peter beard multilingual edition published in english french and german available march 31 2020 in europe and april 30 2020 for the united states and the rest of the world. Article in issue 109 1988.

Ceramic form by peter lane published by collins 1988. It sold out instantly and became a highly sought after collector s item. His photographs of africa african animals and the journals that often integrated his photographs have been widely shown and published since the 1960s. Ceramics art perception.

Because of the biomorphic nature of what he does the shapes evoke landscapes or objects in the landscape as well as some of the earliest art forms from the simplicity of axe heads to the powerful. Article no 6 1991. Peter beard s work has been exhibited around the world and is represented in numerous museums public collections and private collections in the uk and overseas. Peter hill beard january 22 1938 march april 2020 was an american artist photographer diarist and writer who lived and worked in new york city montauk and kenya.

Richly glazed his forms can have an almost sentinel and totemic presence the shapes elemental the glazing iridescent and luminous. Studio porcelain by peter lane published by pitmans 1980. Peter beard makes confident forms with complex vibrant surfaces. Peter beard s ceramics first caught jon s eye at a london ceramics fair.

I ve worked in collectables all my life says the bonhams director and contemporary ceramics are a real bargain compared to modern art and sculpture peter has a distinctive daring style.