Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s) – Spode Works Closed, Tienshan/Xyingye Pattern (2009-10)

Paul Scott

in-glaze decal collage on Chinese porcelain
soup bowl

Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre

Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s) – Spode Works Closed, Tienshan/Xyingye Pattern (2009-10)

Classification:

Craft

Materials:

Porcelain, Glaze

Dimensions:

22 x 3.5 cm

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society through the Omega Fund, 2014/15

Scheme:

Craft Acquisition Scheme: Omega Fund (2014-)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the artist by the Contemporary Art Society, 25 February 2015; presented to Bury Art Museum, 2015

Relationship:

Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre

Subject:

Industry, Globalisation, Technology, Change, Factories

Best known for his research into ceramics and print, Paul Scott creates individual pieces that blur the boundaries between fine art, craft and design. Research has always played a key role in all aspects of his work – from investigating the technical methodologies of print transfers to the synthesis of historical form and contemporary artefact embodied in his Cumbrian Blue(s) series of which three works were acquired for Bury Art Museum through the Contemporary Art Society’s Omega Fund. Spode Works Closed is a visual comment on the closure of British factories and the sale of their ‘marques’ to China.

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