Blue and Green Thrown Altered Vessel Platter by Barry Steadman

 Thrown altered vessel with blue and green
17 x 17 x 9 cm

Barry’s intention as a ceramic artist is to make colourful, dynamic forms that come out of a deep connection to the landscape. Often his work is rooted in the directness and urgency of drawing outside; responding to the weather, drama, and life which surrounds his garden studio by the river Flit in Bedfordshire. Starting on the wheel or constructed with slabs, the red earthenware vessels are marked and altered, scored and handled, before being painted with layers of coloured slips and oxides, washes of vivid colour enhanced with a bright rich clear glaze. The vessels are the offered to the kiln in an open dialogue of transformation; fired to 1100 degrees and infused with the marks, rhythm and energy of their making. In 2009, Stedman completed a Ceramics degree at the University of Westminster, where he received the Caparo Award. He joined the studio of Edmund de Waal as an assistant the same year.