Brett Stone, Claypan

Brett Stone Claypan 5 - 26 Feb 2022

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Gazing out the plane windows on my once frequent flights to the west coast, there is an endless landscape of salt lakes and clay pans, and I have often thought of them as a vast table scattered with bowls. Dry crusted, saltbush fringed, windblown smooth.

I measure my daily life in bowls, from cereal, salad lunches and comfort food dinners, to the bowls of nuts, and cherries. My dog’s water bowl either spilled or filled.

A recent trip to the AGNSW’s Asian galleries reminded me of the universality and timelessness of bowls. A Tang turned foot, a Sung flared rim, all still present in my own work, not copied, but part of my inherited sense of our shared humanity.

As my first pottery teacher instilled: “Feel with your eyes and see with your fingers”.

Does a bowl belong in a stack or singly, do they invite use or quiet contemplation?

Are they to be appreciated with your eyes, or held in your hands?

BS 2022

cat. 44, Brett Stone, Tidal Pool VI, 2022, stoneware, 8 x 11 cm

cat. 38, Brett Stone, Tidal Pool I, 2021, stoneware, 15 x 23 cm

cat. 57, Brett Stone, Nest, 2021, stoneware, 6 x 21.5 cm

cat. 63, Brett Stone, Saltpan X, 2021, stoneware, 16 x 25 cm

cat. 43, Brett Stone, Tidal Pool V, 2022, stoneware, 9 x 14 cm

cat. 32, Brett Stone, Claypan XII, 2021, stoneware, 10 x 23 cm

cat. 2, Brett Stone, Tea Tree Pool I, 2022, stoneware, 4 x 12 cm

cat. 1, Christopher Hodges, Well, 2021, synthetic polymer on paper, 72.5 x 72.5 (f) cat. 2, Brett Stone, Tea Tree Pool I, 2022, stoneware, 4 x 12 cm

cat. 3, Christopher Hodges, K O Lin, 2021, synthetic polymer on paper, 72.5 x 72.5 ( cat. 4, Brett Stone, Saltpan I, 2021, stoneware, 7 x 17 cm

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cat. 5, Christopher Hodges, Terra Cotta, 2021, synthetic polymer on paper, 72.5 x 7 cat. 6, Brett Stone, Claypan I , 2021, stoneware, 5 x 13 cm

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cat. 7, Christopher Hodges, Claypan, 2021, synthetic polymer on paper, 72.5 x 72.5 cat. 8, Brett Stone, Saltpan II, 2021, stoneware, 6 x 11 cm

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cat. 9, Christopher Hodges, Ochre Pit, 2021, synthetic polymer on paper, 72.5 x 72. cat. 10, Christopher Hodges, Wilkinkarra, 2021, synthetic polymer on paper, 72.5 x

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cat. 11, Brett Stone, Salt Pool Shelf I, 2021, stoneware, 18 pieces various sizes

cat. 12, Brett Stone, Salt Pool Shelf II, 2021, stoneware, 8 pieces various sizes

from left cat. 14, Brett Stone, Claypan II, 2021, stoneware, 6 x 22 cm cat. 15, Brett Stone, Claypan III, 2021, stoneware, 7 x 20 cm cat. 16, Brett Stone, Claypan IV, 2021, stoneware, 6 x 25 cm cat. 17, Brett Stone, Claypan V, 2021, stoneware, 4 x 13 cm cat. 18, Brett Stone, Claypan VI, 2021, stoneware, 8 x 22 cm

cat. 19, Brett Stone, Claypan VII, 2021, stoneware, 9 x 25 cm cat. 20, Brett Stone, Claypan VIII, 2021, stoneware, 9 x 15 cm cat. 21, Brett Stone, Claypan IX, 2021, stoneware, 4 x 13 cm cat. 22, Brett Stone, Claypan X, 2021, stoneware, 7 x 26 cm cat. 23, Brett Stone, Claypan XI, 2021, Stoneware, 12 x 23 cm

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cat. 64, Brett Stone, Finite Fountain, 2022, stoneware, 59 x 31 x 31 cm

cat. 37, Brett Stone, Tea Tree Pool IX, 2021, stoneware, 11 x 25 cm

cat. 19, Brett Stone, Claypan VII, 2021, stoneware, 9 x 25 cm

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