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Thursday 23 April 2015

Tony Gant: evocations of landscape and distance



Tony Gant has been making his highly recognizable, glazed domestic stoneware since 1961. He was a student of the late Gwilym Thomas at Hammersmith School of Art and is a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association

Tony's pieces are made using Devon ball clays, which are used to create his own clay bodies. The glazes applied, which give the iconic blue, yellow, green and brown finishes, are made from basic raw materials. They are then fired in a gas kiln of Tony's own design, and cooled for two days.

The designs applied to his well balanced, taller vessels are simple, but evoke a sense of landscape and distance through the intersection of unglazed clay across the blue, yellow or brown glazes.

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