Re: Alan Wallwork

by **cycladelic** July 20th 2018, 12:05 pm

NaomiM wrote:To add, the celadon glaze inclusions makes it more likely it’s by Wallwork imo

Many thanks, Naomi -- any idea on a date?

by **philpot** July 20th 2018, 1:33 pm

Marnhull 1965-84 most likely. Can definitely see a W there, and this was the mark used when his assistants had input into the work. At one time at Marnhull he had 14 people working for him. Not quite so highly prized by Wallwork collectors as those with the personal AW mark
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http://www.alanwallwork.info/gallery/index.php?sfpg=MDMgTWFybmh1bGwvKiowZmMwZjljMTQzYWQ2M2NiZTcxODViYjNmZWI1NWRiODAzMTg2N2IzOGI3ZmU0ODg3MmU4ZjExN2Q0YThiYWRl&info=1

by **cycladelic** July 27th 2018, 11:00 am

Here's a lamp from Alan which stands about 33cm tall. The base has the W mark.

by **dantheman** July 27th 2018, 12:00 pm

there's a touch of Troika about that one

by **NaomiM** July 27th 2018, 12:48 pm

Or a touch of Rooke

by **cycladelic** July 27th 2018, 1:11 pm

NaomiM wrote:Or a touch of Rooke

Louis Hudson incorporated those white-ish curved parts into his work. Did Louis have any connections to Alan or Bernard?

by **NaomiM** July 27th 2018, 2:16 pm

I believe Hudson, Wallwork and Rooke shared studios in the early years. Certainly there was a bit of cross pollination (or borrowing of clay and molds) in the Rooke/Wallwork years

by **cycladelic** July 27th 2018, 2:30 pm

NaomiM wrote:I believe Hudson, Wallwork and Rooke shared studios in the early years. Certainly there was a bit of cross pollination (or borrowing of clay and molds) in the Rooke/Wallwork years

There doesn't seem to be much info' about Louis on the www - at least I can't find any. I did wonder if he also went to Goldsmiths.

by **studio-pots** July 27th 2018, 8:47 pm

Hudson worked as an assistant to Alan in Greenwich when Alan sub-let part of his premises to Bernard Rooke too. Another part was rented by Alan to the Fourniers and that is where Robert nick the idea of making the forms that he is most appreciated for.

Alan and Bernard discussed ideas together and so there was many similarities in their work from that period. Alan thought Sheila Fournier was far more talented than her husband, which I think is true.

When Hudson moved to the West Country Alan says that he helped him out with equipment etc. and somewhere on this Forum I recall Alan moaning that Hudson still owes him some money!

by **22 Crawford St.** July 27th 2018, 9:45 pm

So do we not need a Wallwork/Hudson/Rooke/Fournier book?

by **cycladelic** July 28th 2018, 1:50 am

studio-pots wrote:Hudson worked as an assistant to Alan in Greenwich when Alan sub-let part of his premises to Bernard Rooke too. Another part was rented by Alan to the Fourniers and that is where Robert nick the idea of making the forms that he is most appreciated for.

Alan and Bernard discussed ideas together and so there was many similarities in their work from that period. Alan thought Sheila Fournier was far more talented than her husband, which I think is true.

When Hudson moved to the West Country Alan says that he helped him out with equipment etc. and somewhere on this Forum I recall Alan moaning that Hudson still owes him some money!

Many thanks for the input, SP

From memory, which isn't great, I read that Louis Hudson began potting around 1971. Maybe that date is when he got his own studio. What years would you say he was assisting and renting a space from Alan Wallwork at Greenwich?

by **studio-pots** July 29th 2018, 10:36 am

Louis Hudson didn't rent a space at Greenwich but work for Alan there and so it would have been around 1964/5, from what Alan has told me. Although Alan moved to Marnhull in 1965 he wasn't able to get rid of the lease at Greenwich until several years later and I know that he continued to rent out the building to various potters after 1965 but am not aware from Hudson was one of them.

by **philpot** July 30th 2018, 8:09 am

It an interesting point that Alan Wallwork was a highly successful businessman. For near 25 years he ran what was virtually a production pottery with up to 14 assistants at peak times. Both in London and Dorset, with major contracts for tiles, and a long standing upmarket contract with Heals.

by **cycladelic** August 3rd 2018, 4:28 am

Here's a 23cm tall vase with the W mark.

by **RVsaid** September 25th 2018, 9:18 am

Hi

I cross checked on the below and it certainly matches up but I know it's worth double checking here.

Thanks

by **RVsaid** September 25th 2018, 9:19 am

http://www.alanwallwork.info/gallery/index.php?sfpg=QWxhbiBXYWxsd29yayBUaWxlcy8qKjdhMjdjMzZkZWVhN2ZiNWFiZmFlYTlkNWY1MzMxZjI0ZWI2OWYwNzNiOGZkZDFjYWMxODczOGI0NDVkYWQ3Y2Y&info=1

by **dantheman** September 25th 2018, 10:05 am

Forgan probably made the board

by **dantheman** October 22nd 2018, 1:00 pm

by **philpot** October 22nd 2018, 3:28 pm

Looks a lot more like Derek Davis.
A red Wallwork glaze? One never says never. But never seen one EVER!

by **studio-pots** October 22nd 2018, 8:05 pm

I had a number of vases of similar shape, the same stoneware body and the pink/red glaze that I got from Alan when he was clearing out his Whitty Down Farm studio before moving to France.

From what Alan told me, they were primarily test pieces for trying out different glazes but the ones that I took from him were marked. However, I do think that there were unmarked pieces that I didn't buy from him and so he would have then sold on the stalls that he had on Greenwich Market.