| Discipline : Ceramics | | Objects : Domestic ware, lamps, one-off pieces, bases for natural wood sculptures | | Material : Clay, stoneware, and occasional wood | | | Work available from
Own Studio Showroom |
| Price range of goods produced: Under €25 €26 - €50 €51 - €100 €101 - €250 Over €250 |
Artist statement
Gaillard Potter was first created in the early 70 s to the early 80 s by Alan Shattock at his part-time studio in Bohernabreena, Co. Dublin. Alan s middle (French) name Gaillard was first used with his oil and ceramic paintings when training with his full-time potter parents, Dick and Mary Shattock, in Cornwall, Guernsey and Devon. When Alan came to Ireland in the 60 s he founded and was first Chairman of the the Craft Potters Society of Ireland (CPSI), now Ceramics Ireland, and exhibited in many CPSI exhibitions. I this early period, his stoneware was sold through shops in Ranelagh, Dundrum and Blessington and privately to a small number of collectors until family and personal commitments prevented him from continuing production, but not before completing a commissioned 108 piece dinner set. Alan is now back and in full-time production at his new, purpose-built, studio in Clifden, Connemara, which will be opening in early 2009. Using al natural raw material for his glazes, to his own and his (late) parents recipes, Alan is reproducing many of his original 1970 s and 80 s domestic ware forms, all oven, microwave and dishwasher proof, in immensely strong reduction-fired stoneware. He is using dolomite and iron glazes with unique running, some of the latter in classic Teadust Tenmoku, and peat ash and cobalt blues. He is also experimenting with locally garnered yellow ochres and granite dust to add his finishes for one-off pieces. Another new addition to Alan s work combines intricate beach-combed driftwood, uncannily moulded by the sea into lifelike forms, with slab-built ceramic bases, which are totally unique.
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