A small stoneware rocking form, by British ceramicist Val Barry (1937-2018)
Val Barry (1937-2018); a stoneware rocking form decorated with green and lilac glaze on cream ground, lightly impressed VAB mark, height 16cm.
Val Barry (1937-2018) trained at Sir John Cass School of Art in the late 1960s, before setting up a studio in Crouch End, North London. Barry’s work in stoneware and porcelain had clearcut forms, her individual hand-built and thrown pieces relating to natural abstract shapes in the landscape, but with their own quietly modern geometry and definition. Her characteristically flattened vessels with their crisply executed rims and subtly nuanced surfaces, often with rounded or curved bases, suggested an innate movement . They explored natural energies as well as the mysteries of containment, and expressed an appreciation of human-built structures too.
Her work was well received in the 1970’s and 80’s and taken into collection by a number of major museums including the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Artist: Val Barry (1937-2018)
Material: Glazed stoneware
Period: Unknown
Dimensions: Height 16cm, please enquire if you require further dimensions
Condition: Vintage condition, no remarks
Val Barry (1937-2018); a stoneware rocking form decorated with green and lilac glaze on cream ground, lightly impressed VAB mark, height 16cm.
Val Barry (1937-2018) trained at Sir John Cass School of Art in the late 1960s, before setting up a studio in Crouch End, North London. Barry’s work in stoneware and porcelain had clearcut forms, her individual hand-built and thrown pieces relating to natural abstract shapes in the landscape, but with their own quietly modern geometry and definition. Her characteristically flattened vessels with their crisply executed rims and subtly nuanced surfaces, often with rounded or curved bases, suggested an innate movement . They explored natural energies as well as the mysteries of containment, and expressed an appreciation of human-built structures too.
Her work was well received in the 1970’s and 80’s and taken into collection by a number of major museums including the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Artist: Val Barry (1937-2018)
Material: Glazed stoneware
Period: Unknown
Dimensions: Height 16cm, please enquire if you require further dimensions
Condition: Vintage condition, no remarks
Val Barry (1937-2018); a stoneware rocking form decorated with green and lilac glaze on cream ground, lightly impressed VAB mark, height 16cm.
Val Barry (1937-2018) trained at Sir John Cass School of Art in the late 1960s, before setting up a studio in Crouch End, North London. Barry’s work in stoneware and porcelain had clearcut forms, her individual hand-built and thrown pieces relating to natural abstract shapes in the landscape, but with their own quietly modern geometry and definition. Her characteristically flattened vessels with their crisply executed rims and subtly nuanced surfaces, often with rounded or curved bases, suggested an innate movement . They explored natural energies as well as the mysteries of containment, and expressed an appreciation of human-built structures too.
Her work was well received in the 1970’s and 80’s and taken into collection by a number of major museums including the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Artist: Val Barry (1937-2018)
Material: Glazed stoneware
Period: Unknown
Dimensions: Height 16cm, please enquire if you require further dimensions
Condition: Vintage condition, no remarks
