Re: Vallauris (South of France)

by **dantheman** on Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:45 pm

I agree Annette but my question was an attempt to ascertain the date line after which it is impossible to buy a piece made by the hand of Capron himself.

by tenpot on Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:19 am

in the 90s capron was making his own sculptures had a couple of assistants but they were his pieces.Harry davis worked for bernard leach and my friend melinda made a lot of harrys pieces at the crowan pottery I think the important thing is the design not the hand most studio potters have someone throwing their pots. nowadays they are often in china rather than cornwall but thats another story

by **dantheman** on Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:05 pm

still seems odd to me,if I bought a Salvador Dali original painting and then found that it was his idea but painted by his assistant,I would feel like I'd been ripped off

by tenpot on Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:09 pm

well savador signed a huge nuber of blank sheets of paper with the old master painters even experts argue if the paintings are by the master or from the atelier generally they sketchted it and the had assistants fill in the colours the most expensive contemporary artist jeff koons has an army of assistants doing his paintings

by **Pip** on Mon May 04, 2009 12:46 pm

I'm not a big fan of Vallauris generally however the work of certain artists and studios I do like. These bowls that Paul bought recently I think are fab - a great shape and nice drippy glazes.

by **dantheman** on Mon May 04, 2009 4:18 pm

those are lovely Pip

by **dantheman** on Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:40 am

my latest Gerbino bowl,the mixture of clay colours in the mosaic pieces seems more labour intensive than I have seen before,the walls of the bowl are also thicker.
I have an idea this may be an older piece but will have to research further....watch this space!

PS it cost £3.50

by **Pip** on Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:44 am

Nice bowl :-)

by **big ed** on Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:17 pm

I'm still not sure about Vallauris, I occasionally see a piece and think ,Hey that looks pretty good but it feels a bit lightweight to me , metaphorically , I wonder if they did any big statement like pieces .

by **dantheman** on Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:23 pm

dantheman wrote:The variety of Vallauris potters.

My claw vase is the nearest I have found although Capron pieces are the quality designs

by **big ed** on Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:43 pm

Ah , yes , I do like the Big Un'

by tenpot on Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:08 am

more Picault nice little mugs you can't object to these Dan

by **dantheman** on Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:59 am

the handles are quite crude but I wouldn't refuse a cup of tea in one

by **dantheman** on Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:46 pm

Gerbino bowl

by tenpot on Sat Jun 27, 2009 7:32 am

nice piece how big is it Dan?