Sculpture
Classification(s):
Pottery
Date: c.1968
Dimensions:
290 × 400 mm (29 × 40 cm)
Medium: Stoneware
Object number: P1417A
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DescriptionLarge stoneware sculptural form by Gillian Lowndes, c.1968. Hand built, rippling asymmetric sculpture with green glaze and impressed decoration to front and reverse. Retailed for £25.0.0.
Label to base “Gillian Lowndes £25.0.0.”
Second label to base “117”.
Trace of label, illegible.
Label to base “Gillian Lowndes £25.0.0.”
Second label to base “117”.
Trace of label, illegible.
ProvenanceThis object was originally acquired for the Inner London Education Authority’s (ILEA) ‘Circulating Design Scheme’ collection.
The collection was instigated by the London Country Council (later the Greater London Council) and the Council of Industrial Design (COID). The collection’s original purpose was concerned with the teaching and dissemination of modern, ‘good design’.
The collection was established in 1951/52 as the ‘Experiment in Design Appreciation’, later renamed the ‘Circulating Design Scheme’.
The Circulating Design Scheme lent boxed showcases to London schools. The showcases contained handling objects, material samples and interpretation on a specific subject.
COID withdrew its involvement in the Scheme in 1957. After which time, it was managed exclusively by the London County Council from 1957-1963.
After the administrative restructuring of London authorities, the Scheme was jointly managed by the Greater London Council and the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) from 1963 – 1976.
The Scheme was operational until 1976 when the collections were withdrawn from circulation. ILEA was abolished in the late 1980s and the collection was donated to Camberwell College of Arts in 1989/90.
ILEA was responsible for secondary and tertiary education in the inner London boroughs, this included Camberwell.
The collection was instigated by the London Country Council (later the Greater London Council) and the Council of Industrial Design (COID). The collection’s original purpose was concerned with the teaching and dissemination of modern, ‘good design’.
The collection was established in 1951/52 as the ‘Experiment in Design Appreciation’, later renamed the ‘Circulating Design Scheme’.
The Circulating Design Scheme lent boxed showcases to London schools. The showcases contained handling objects, material samples and interpretation on a specific subject.
COID withdrew its involvement in the Scheme in 1957. After which time, it was managed exclusively by the London County Council from 1957-1963.
After the administrative restructuring of London authorities, the Scheme was jointly managed by the Greater London Council and the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) from 1963 – 1976.
The Scheme was operational until 1976 when the collections were withdrawn from circulation. ILEA was abolished in the late 1980s and the collection was donated to Camberwell College of Arts in 1989/90.
ILEA was responsible for secondary and tertiary education in the inner London boroughs, this included Camberwell.
NotesGillian Lowndes studied ceramics at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London. Lowndes had a preoccupation with sculptural form and tendency towards hand building. In her early work she used coiling, slabbing and press-moulding to construct large ceramic pots and sculptural forms. Through his Primavera Gallery, London, Henry Rothschild was an advocate for her work, bringing it to wider attention. Lowndes taught at the West of England College of Art, Bristol, as well as teaching ceramics part-time at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts. Lowndes was married to fellow potter Ian Auld.