FLAMING GARGOYLE POTTERY
ALEXANDER de VOS
Specialises in the reproduction of medieval pottery including:
15th-16thC German salt Fired Stoneware Stoneware.
10th-13thC Byzantine & Persian SgraffitoPottery.
11th-15thC English & Italian Pottery.
Flaming Gargoyle Pottery is a small studio specialising in medieval reproduction and medievally-inspired ware, dragons and gargoyles. Our specialties are German salt-fired stoneware of the 14th-16thC and 12thC Sgraffito pottery from the Byzantine Empire. A range of Viking, Persian and English 14th-15th pottery is also produced. Custom orders are welcome and cheerfully accepted. All pots are reproduced in stoneware with the exception of the cookware .
The Studio was established in 1988 and is based in Murrumbateman NSW, Australia.
Flaming Gargoyle Pottery is a regular merchant at The Abbey Medieval Tournament in Caboolture Qld and the Rowany Festival. Flaming Gargoyle Pottery also supports the Murrumbateman Field Days in October.
Shipping can be arranged to the US and Europe at cost.
All pots are hand crafted by Alexander de Vos.
Artist Statement for Alexander de Vos
The work on display has been inspired by my connection with medieval history and the story a pot can tell. This can be a time, place, function or purpose a piece of pottery can impart, like the shape of a beaker. As there have been many variations of beakers over the centuries certain shapes keep occurring because they just feel right in the hand, and in the end people have not really changed over the centuries. Small imperfections like fingerprints add to the story of how a pot was created, and these can be further enhanced by the firing process. Salt firing is a favourite method of glazing pots as it is achieved by adding salt into a kiln at top temperature, and offers a range of subtle effects depending on location in the kiln, type of clay and the atmosphere inside the kiln.
Graduated from the Canberra School of Art in 1987 and has been teaching pottery since 1988 with the Canberra Potters Society.
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- Local business