Paul Philp on Throwing
Welcoming six new works by renowned Studio Potter Paul Philp, all hand-thrown and hand-built from his studio in Bath.
For the past 40 years, Paul Philp has most commonly worked with hand-building methods to make his work due to the strong sculptural aspects of his forms, some being sculptures rather than pots. However, in this new collection, Philp has explored throwing. Paul Philp explained to us that he looked at throwing to reduce the scale of his work this summer. At the age of 81, his large forms were becoming physically demanding. He wondered if throwing and subsequently turning the pots would allow him to keep exploring his practice. Paul also notes that through the exploration of throwing and turning. He has discovered new ways that his glazes work within his pieces, finding that sometimes they are more effective than on his hand-built pieces that require a dryer surface. His new vessels at Flow are a mixture of glazed and semi-glazed pieces and are his personal pick of his recent thrown work.
“IN FACT I DON'T PARTICULARLY ENJOY THROWING BUT I DO ENJOY TURNING - AND YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.”
