A tall stoneware totemic form with textured surface covered in pale turquoise and ochre glaze, impressed CCP mark, height 49cm.
Chris Carter was born in Warwickshire on the 12th October 1945. He set up his pottery studio at Highfield Farm in Grendon, Warwickshire in 1971. His first pots were mainly tableware and terracotta garden pots which he sold from his studio and later from his shop at Drayton Manor Park, it was here that he gave demonstrations of throwing pots on the wheel to visitors to the park every weekend. Chris had a strong desire to make more individual pieces and in 1986 he finished at Drayton Manor and began selling his bespoke pots through galleries.
Chris has exhibited his work all over Britain as well as internationally. By the late 1970s he began to make one off pieces and in 1985 he was selling his work at Peter Dingley's gallery in Stratford-upon-Avon and at the Chestnut Gallery at Bourton-on-the-Water. From here he began exhibiting his work in some London galleries. During the 1990s he became Potter in Residence for a time at Warwick Museum and in 1992 two of his pots were purchased for the Sainsbury collection. In 2008 one of his pieces was added to the Ashmolean Museum collection in Oxford.
By the 1990s he began a long association with the Ombersley Galley and the Hart Gallery, which lead to him being asked to exhibit his pots and give a lecture in Chicago in 2001 and again at the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts. Other important galleries Chris has exhibited at include Bettles Gallery in Ringwood, The Gallery Upstairs in Henley-in-Arden, The Round House Gallery in Derbyshire, The Alpha House Gallery in Sherborne, Roger Billcliffe in Glasgow and the Gallery at Bevere in Worcester with ceramic curator Stuart Dickens.
Source: https://www.chriscarterpottery.co.uk/history/
Artist: Chris Carter (British, born 1945)
Material: Stoneware
Period: Unknown
Dimensions: Height 49cm
Condition: Appears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration
A tall stoneware totemic form with textured surface covered in pale turquoise and ochre glaze, impressed CCP mark, height 49cm.
Chris Carter was born in Warwickshire on the 12th October 1945. He set up his pottery studio at Highfield Farm in Grendon, Warwickshire in 1971. His first pots were mainly tableware and terracotta garden pots which he sold from his studio and later from his shop at Drayton Manor Park, it was here that he gave demonstrations of throwing pots on the wheel to visitors to the park every weekend. Chris had a strong desire to make more individual pieces and in 1986 he finished at Drayton Manor and began selling his bespoke pots through galleries.
Chris has exhibited his work all over Britain as well as internationally. By the late 1970s he began to make one off pieces and in 1985 he was selling his work at Peter Dingley's gallery in Stratford-upon-Avon and at the Chestnut Gallery at Bourton-on-the-Water. From here he began exhibiting his work in some London galleries. During the 1990s he became Potter in Residence for a time at Warwick Museum and in 1992 two of his pots were purchased for the Sainsbury collection. In 2008 one of his pieces was added to the Ashmolean Museum collection in Oxford.
By the 1990s he began a long association with the Ombersley Galley and the Hart Gallery, which lead to him being asked to exhibit his pots and give a lecture in Chicago in 2001 and again at the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts. Other important galleries Chris has exhibited at include Bettles Gallery in Ringwood, The Gallery Upstairs in Henley-in-Arden, The Round House Gallery in Derbyshire, The Alpha House Gallery in Sherborne, Roger Billcliffe in Glasgow and the Gallery at Bevere in Worcester with ceramic curator Stuart Dickens.
Source: https://www.chriscarterpottery.co.uk/history/
Artist: Chris Carter (British, born 1945)
Material: Stoneware
Period: Unknown
Dimensions: Height 49cm
Condition: Appears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration
