His Own Steam The Work Of Barry Brickell by David Craig and Gregory O'Brien

Potter extraordinaire, conservationist, railway enthusiast and iconoclast Barry Brickell is one of New Zealand’s most important ceramicists. His exuberant and elemental, warts-and-all pots and sculptures pulse with a humour and sexuality rare in New Zealand craft or art. From the 1950s, with his friend and mentor Len Castle, Brickell became a central figure in Auckland’s pottery scene, leading the development of a distinctive indigenous ceramic style. Alongside the early commissions he received for domestic pots, mugs and jugs from local artists and bohemians, he became well known for his unusual sculptural forms and his use of coarse local clays (notoriously stolen in night raids from various sites around Auckland) and salt glazes.

Publisher:	Auckland University Press
Year:	2013
Binding:	Hardback
ISBN:	9781869407636
Condition:	Very Good
Description:	DJ; Heavy.

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SKU: 1591758
Location: NZ Art