Form and Function: Geoffrey Whiting’s Teapots
Oliver Kent2021-06-14T16:44:30+01:00Geoffrey Whiting’s teapots are the forms for which he remains best known, having achieved a design that is at once highly functional, but also good to look at as a piece of working […]
Geoffrey Whiting: a potter and a painter
Oliver Kent2022-02-09T13:29:10+00:00Geoffrey Whiting had an important parallel activity as a watercolour painter, but this is a lesser known area of his art. His great knowledge of the natural world underpinned all his creativity. It […]
Geoffrey Whiting’s Candlesticks for Canterbury Cathedral
Oliver Kent2021-06-16T12:36:50+01:00You can find candlesticks made by Geoffrey Whiting in Canterbury Cathedral
It is always gratifying, but still all too rare when potters get major commissions. In 1982 Geoffrey Whiting was […]
A Pioneering Ceramic Studio
Oliver Kent2021-06-16T12:37:28+01:00Behind every successful man, there stands a woman.
A Pioneering Ceramic Studio
There is a very old and famous saying, ‘behind […]
Making Useful Simple – Geoffrey Whiting at the KSC
Oliver Kent2022-03-04T20:00:39+00:001st October – 14th December
Our latest show at the Ken Stradling Collection highlights the art of making beautiful items for the home through an examination of the work of […]
Bauhaus in Bristol – Otti Berger
Oliver Kent2021-06-16T12:58:50+01:00It appears that Bristol furniture manufacturer Crofton Gane, whose work with Bauhaus designer Marcel Breuer is well known, considered employing leading Bauhaus graduate textile designer Otti Berger to work for him.
Ken Stradling Collection at Margaret Howell – Preview Photos
Oliver Kent2021-06-14T16:53:36+01:00Here are a selection of photos of the Ken Stradling Collection show at Margaret Howell at 34 Wigmore Street, London. The show is on until the 15th November. The work look stunning and sits beautifully […]
Ken Stradling Collection at Margaret Howell
Oliver Kent2021-06-16T11:01:50+01:00
Margaret Howell’s gallery in Wigmore St, London is currently showing a selection of more than 50 pieces from the Ken Stradling Collection chosen and curated by Margaret herself. The show included […]