Ledbury’s surreal connections
Herefordshire Art Week and Ledbury’s surrealist links
Entries by Peter Arscott
Hereford, Hawkins and Hoople
“And Prince Eadric and the Welsh became hostile and they attacked the castle-men in Hereford, and did them many injuries. And here the king set a great tax on the wretched people …” (The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Worcester Manuscript 1066, pp. 200-201) It seems that, right up to the Middle Ages, there were quite a few battles […]
Sizzle v Sausage
Are you as confused as we are with emojis of giraffes in sunglasses, smiling coiled poos and aubergines? Well, relax. It’s just that the world of our cultural references is becoming increasingly visually based, that’s all. It’s a cliché that a picture tells a thousand stories, but what writing can surpass the photo of the […]
Disgruntled staff and fundraising
Looking at some of the pieces that have recently come out of the kiln, like the one above, anybody might think that Peter Arscott Ceramics is keen on making work that displays the principles of movement, by showing flowing lines and edges that we find in the natural world. But it is rhythm and pattern […]
song of the nightingale, buzz of the fly
A celebratory walk was needed after a successful glaze firing. The view from Bradlow Knoll down towards Ledbury this May afternoon was grey and cloudy. You can see in the distance the white shapes of the plastic used in the speeded-up cultivation of strawberries for the voracious soft fruit market, and, nearer, the sheep which […]
Ceramics – Form or Function
St John’s Wood in London. Most people think of Lord’s Cricket ground and long sunny evenings watching a game and sipping beer, or perhaps a stroll through beautiful Regent’s Park. Others conjure up the image of the Beatles on the now famous zebra crossing outside Abbey Road studios – those old enough will remember the […]
Spring ceramics
Peter Arscott Ceramics – vases to celebrate Spring
Eunice done me wrong
ceramics and the human body
December, happy outcomes
Singular ceramics with an artist’s touch, and happy December outcomes
November news
Sitting on CJ’s bench and looking down at Ledbury from Bradlow Knoll was an autumnal experience in that it was misty, mellow and mushroomy, and there were no sheep bleating and no birds singing – everything was wrapped in a dull light that seemed to smother any sound, as well as the view. It is […]