Tall vase (2006)

Simon Carroll drew inspiration from a range of eclectic sources to intuitively construct his expressive ceramic vessels. The pieces selected for Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, Tall Vase (2006) and Three Jugs (2007), represent Carroll’s work at its most ambitious. The grouping illustrates his practice of working in series with a given form, in order to discover expressive variation. The Museum hopes that this acquisition will contribute to a collection that celebrates ceramics as an important, diverse and vibrant contemporary art medium. The artist’s works go beyond conventional thinking and disciplinary boundaries. His approach is remarkable for his free and expressive use of trailed slip, and makes an interesting comparison with other slipware in the Amgueddfa Cymru collection: from historic Ewenny pottery to modern and contemporary work by Bernard Leach, Michael Cardew and Clive Bowen. Carroll’s approach also connects to a theme in the museum’s collection of work exploring clay as an expressive material. He was fascinated by touch and developed his awareness of how clay could be used, directly and instinctively, by spending time with blind students in the early 1990s.

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