Project 1.1: the collection: Ceramic Tiles
- Oct 19, 2020
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I chose this collection through practicing autoethnography.
I am the 'flaneur'
Upon arriving at the V&A; I wanted to see Furniture and Ceramics - current interests.
Alas, due to COVID-19, much of the museum was not open to the public. I realised this en route to the Ceramics collection, the staircase (Stair G) was open, but only for access to a Members' Cafe. At the bottom of the stairs is where I noticed 'PANEL OF TILES from a dairy'.
Panels of tiles, in person...
View of the One Hundred Elms Farm
1899 Painted ornamental tiles (dust-pressed white earthenware).
An exhibition of pride in the Dairy Industry.
Found in a house in Lambeth, London
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue.
In the 1720's, Dutch imports dominated painted-tiles markets, although these are thought to be made in England, probably London.
Vanessa Bell 1926
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted.
Matisse-inspired tile work, produced after working at the Omega Workshop (where domestic items were made and sold by young artists of the time).
Zinc Hydroxide Structure Representation
1951 - Festival of Britain task: Design Abstract patterns based on crystal structures.
^ Designed by Reginald Till; made by Carter & Co in Dorset.
Heber Mathews 1940s
Industrially produced blanks (earthenware). Mural painter, looking at pure and abstract forms, mentored by William Staite Murray.
Designed by Lewis F. Day (1902)
Prolific designer, educator, critic, Arts n Crafts Movement
Collaborating with industrial manufacturers, these are dust-pressed earthenware tiles with coloured glazes and relief moulding.
Produced in Manchester by Pilkington's Tile and Pottery Company Ltd.
Tiles from the Great Exhibition
1851 - first Great Exhibition: large-scale international exhibition staged in Hyde Park, in the crystal Palace.
Displays manufactured products from across all arts and sciences.
Made by the firm of Rafael Gonzalez Valls, Valencia
Earthenware, with painted and stencilled decoration
personal reference/narrative;
Antony Gormley - inspired photograph taken in Valencia 2019
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