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The Hands of the Potter - 1978
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The Hands of the Potter
Colin Melbourne started his collaboration with Wedgwood in 1978, and this sculptural piece - The Hands of the Potter - was the first fruit of this partnership. Made in terra cotta (ie orange-red) jasper, the sculpture was issued in a limited edition of 500.
Colin Melbourne started his collaboration with Wedgwood in 1978, and this sculptural piece - The Hands of the Potter - was the first fruit of this partnership. Made in terra cotta (ie orange-red) jasper, the sculpture was issued in a limited edition of 500.
- Type of object: Portraits and figures/sculpture
- Mark: WEDGWOOD MADE IN ENGLAND A7816 [Impressed]
- Year first produced: 1978
- Body: Jasper
- Glaze: Unglazed
- Material: Ceramic
- Decoration: Moulded
- Accession number: .
- Dimensions: 80 mm (height), 225 mm (width), 200 mm (depth)
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Colin Melbourne
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Colin Melbourne - Designer
Stoke-born sculptor Colin Melbourne trained at the Burslem School of Art before gaining employment as an assistant modeller at Wedgwood. He then won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art and after graduating worked with Wade, Beswick and the Marquess of Queensbury. In the 1960s he became a teacher at Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, and after it became part of North Staffordshire Polytechnic, now Staffordshire University, he was made head of the Faculty of Art and Design.
