School of Art

Contact Details

School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

John Pollex

Born: 1941, UK

Ceramicist. He trained at Harrow School of Art, and has had his own workshop in Plymouth for over thirty years. Initially he worked in traditional English slipware. In the 1980s he developed highly individual thrown forms, richly painted with abstract patterns and images, reflecting his personal interest in Eastern meditative philosophies and modern art. His colourful decoration is directly influenced by the work of abstract artists especially the painters Howard Hodgkin and Richard Natkin. He makes flat platters and teapots and tea bowls but he sees the pieces primarily as a vehicle for painting rather than as functional form

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

'I Never Say Goodbye' C1245 Ceramics

[Tea Bowl] C1247 Ceramics

[Teapot] C1246 Ceramics




 
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