The Goldmark team are to be congratulated
in putting on a wonderful Potter’s Day at their gallery
in Uppingham, Rutland. A mixed show of pots Phil Rogers, Lisa
Hammond, Svend Bayer, Mike Dodd, Ken Matsuzaki and Clive Bowen
was complimented by the premiere of the Goldmark sponsored
film profile of Phil Rogers and talks by Phil and collector
Alistair Hawtin.
The film produced by Charles Mapleston of
Malachite Productions is the latest in a series of productions
for Goldmark and will shortly be available on DVD. Phil is
shown at work at his pottery in Rhyader in Wales, pugging
clay, throwing and during the second woodfiring of his salt
kiln. One of Phil’s trips to Japan is also featured
with footage of a Ken Matsuzaki firing, visits to National
Treasure Shimaoka and the St. Ives Gallery where Phil had
a joint exhibition with Tomoo Hamada. Self-confessed potaholic
Henry Sandon and art critic David Whiting sing their praises
of Phil who has become one of the our most respected potters
in both the UK and abroad. A Ken Matsuzaki film is also in
the making, the audience was treated to a snippet which included
Ken's dramatic kiln firing and his skills as a taiko drummer.
To illustrate his talk Phil brought along
a 15th century Korean hakeme bowl, an English slipware bowl,
an early salt glazed bottle and a Bernard Leach slab bottle
which were passed around an appreciative audience. Alistair
brought in some of his favourite pots and talked about they
had found their way into his collection, this included a wrongly
attributed Hamada bowl picked up for a snip at a well know
auction house.
On behalf of everyone who attended, I would
like to thank Mike Goldmark and his team for staging this
memorable event and providing the Studio Pottery world with
a flagship exhibition venue. For more images of the event
please visit modernpots.com.
