Clare Frankl Bertram

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Clare Frankl-Bertram has recently moved from running her own architectural practice back to, her first love, ceramics. Triggered by an increasing desire to have a hands-on engagement with the stuff of making, her work seeks to use the memory, strengths and vulnerabilities of clay to embody ideas of place and displacement in her pottery.

Pottery is generally considered to be a utilitarian practice concerned with containers made from clay. Potters, the makers of pots are part of a craft tradition which was absorbed and then almost obliterated by industrialisation. More recently in the era of novelty consumerism respect for the slow iterative acquisition of craft skills has diminished. Clare’s work deliberately embraces the value of craftsmanship.

‘For me it is precisely the labour intensive work processes in clay that make it a legitimate form of self expression. and as such ceramics deserves a valued place in contemporary art practice.’

‘Hand building allows me to slowly find the space which is enclosed or implied by its clay carapace. The form of each piece comes from this process of space making and exposure. The pieces to be shown at the Paul Mcpherson Gallery are a mix of sculptural vessels and anthropomorphic forms.’

Clare Frankl Bertram13-25 MAY 2013

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CLOSED STONE 1

Stoneware: hand built form with engobe and oxide surface, part glazed

400mm diameter £220

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CLOSED STONE 2

Stoneware: hand built form with engobe and oxide surface, part glazed

320mm diameter £180

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OPENED STONE 1

Stoneware: hand built form with engobe and oxide sgraffito surface, part glazed

240mm diameter £150

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CLOSED FORM 1

Stoneware : Hand built with engobe and oxide sgraffito surface, part glazed

200mm high £200

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OPEN FORM 1

Stoneware : Hand built with engobe and oxide sgraffito surface, part glazed

170mm high £120

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EVE 1

Earthenware : hand built form with engobe and oxide sgraffito surface part glazed

420mm high £180

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BODY LANGUAGE 1 OF 3

Sawdust fired slab built figures

150mm high £75 each pair

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LANDSCAPE PLATE 1 OF 4

Stoneware : Hand built with engobe and oxide sgraffito sur-face, part glazed

300mm x 200mm £75 each

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PALE SKY Set of 6 narrative platesStoneware: Slab built scraffito slip

250mm x 380mm overall £180 set of 6

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LONG BEAK 2 OF 3

Stoneware Bottles: thrown and assembled with engobe and oxide sgraffito surface, part glazed

180mm high £45 each

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SMALL VOID 1 - 3

Stoneware: thrown and assembled with engobe and oxide sgraffito surface, part glazed

80mm diameter £38 each or set of three £120

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LONG NECK 1 Earthenware : hand built form with slip and engobe sgraffito surface part glazed

350mm high £180

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OVOID 1

Stoneware: thrown and assembled with engobe and oxide sgraffito surface, part glazed

180mm diameter £90

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OVOID 2

Stoneware crank clay: hand built form with engobe and oxide surface part glazed

350mm diameter £180

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CORAL FORM 2 OF 3

Stoneware casting slip with oxide and body colours, part glazed

100mm diameter £45120mm diameter £60150mm diameter £70

set of 3 £150

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Clare Frankl Bertram13-25 MAY 2013

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