Mary Wondrausch
is a potter whose primary interest
in continental peasant art over
the last twenty years has developed
into an overwhelming passion for
the English XVIth century tradition
of slipware pottery. All the work
here is thrown on the wheel in Fremington
clay and slipped with Bideford pipe
clay. Using nine different slip-trailers
of her own design she trails with
oxide stained natural clays at the
leather stage; it is then bisque
fired 980 C and glazed at a temperature
of 1040C. Great attention is paid
to fine detail as most of the work
is individually commissioned commemorative
plates to celebrate every sort of
occasion.
As well as personal orders, traditional
pots such as pitchers are made -
many of them being lettered with
the old potters sayings. There is
also much new and exciting work
with the emphasis on blue and dark
green background colours.
The Pottery is situated in a beautiful
corner of Surrey, Compton, and is
surrounded by an acre of unusual
gardens, punctuated by unusual sculptures
and fountains.
Address:
The Pottery
Brickfields
Compton
near Guildford
Surrey
GU3 1HZ
Tel:
01483 414 097
Opening
Hours:
Monday to Friday
9.00am - 1.00pm
2.00pm - 5.00pm
Saturday & Sunday
2.00pm - 5.00pm
About
the Pottery Studio
About the
site
The Pottery Studio is a knowledge
base for collectors, students and
lovers of all kinds of pottery.
Our aim is to include examples of
work from all the major and minor
potters and potteries. There are
already over seven thousand one
hundred pages, and we are adding
to them regularly. You will find
a note against some items that the
information has not yet been added.
This will be rectified in time.
How is
it organized?
We have divided the information
into three categories - pots, potters
and potteries. These are loose terms;
a region where a particular type
of pottery is made is classified
as a pottery, a prominent designer
or decorator is classed as a potter.
There is an index for each category,
and the items within the categories
have links to related pages.
The information
We have tried to keep the information
clear and concise. We have deliberately
avoided giving price guides for
two reasons: firstly, the prices
can vary widely between countries
and regions within countries - the
prices we see in the various publications
are usually not the prices we would
expect to buy or sell for; and secondly,
we don't want out-of-date information
on the site, and the time involved
in updating all our items - which
number in the thousands - would
not be justifiable. We do not offer
a valuation service.
Unidentified
items
You will find over a hundred unidentified
items in the 'pots' list. Strictly,
they are not all unidentified -
in some cases we know who made them
but do not know anything about the
maker. In other cases we might have
a strong suspicion about the maker,
but no conclusive evidence. Browse
through the unidentified pieces
- you might be able to fill in some
missing links. Oh, and there is
one - just one - joker in the pack.
See if you can spot it.
The Pottery Studio is a knowledge
base for lovers of studio pottery,
art pottery, craft pottery, and
just about any other kind of pottery.
For more information see: www.studiopottery.com
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