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View Image Gallery Mark Dally(Full member)

Tel: +44 (0)1785 816464   Email:   Web: www.markdallyceramics.co.uk  

Current Work

Marks ceramic work falls into two areas:

Mark Dally Ceramics: Black & White Ware
Black & White Ware is a studio tableware range from Designer/ Maker Mark Dally, M.A. Mark studied at Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent where he specialised in Ceramics and Surface Pattern.He makes Black&WhiteWare as a bold, contemporary take on traditional Staffordshire slipware. Other design influences include 1950's surface pattern such as Ridgeway's Homemaker, and the motifs and calligraphic styles of pre-Hispanic Mexican and Australian Aboriginal art.

Mark Dally Ceramics: Clocks
Taking my inspiration from mass-produced, recognisable everyday forms, my contemporary ceramic clocks are a reinterpretation of popular culture. At the same time, perhaps conversely, I strive for quality workmanship in my pieces with strong attention to detail.In my work I try to transform the everyday into the surprising and witty - yet still faintly familiar. Starting with shapes taken from plastic childrens' toys or household gadgets, and by adapting some industrial ceramic techniques to my studio ceramic approach, I rearrange and re-assemble elements from mass production to make my handmade clockwork characters.

These design ideas have developed from my childhood fascination with 1950s and '60s Sci-Fi, like Robbie the Robot's fake functionalism, or the quaint aerodynamics of Dan Dare's 'streamlined' space rockets. Other influences include playful cartoon animation, as in Fantasia and Max Fliescher's Hoppity Goes to Town. More recently, John Tenniel's illustrations for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland seen afresh have inspired me with their odd yet familiar composite characters. My interest in pre-Hispanic South American and Australian Aboriginal art has influenced my decorative style, along with modish textiles and surface patterns of the '50s, like Wedgwood's Homemaker pattern.

Work generally available from:
Bowie Gallery, Hay on Wye.
Celestial, London,
Crawford Arts Centre, St. Andrews,
Cusp, York,
Dexterity, Ambleside,
Fenwick Gallery, Northumberland,
Gallerina, Darlington,
Gumps, San Francisco,
Usajoando, Leeds,
Mosaic Gallery, Buxton,
Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge, Herefordshire
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh,
Rye Art Gallery, East Sussex,
Sark Glass, Take 2, Sark , Channel Islands,
Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford,
Ropewalk Contemporary Art and Craft, North Lincolnshire

The Simon Drew Gallery, Dartmouth, Devon,
Gallery Nine, Bath, Avon, UK
Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk, UK
The Taplin Gallery, Suffolk

Technical Information

Black&WhiteWare is made in high-fired white earthenware and decorated using traditional slip trailing and brushed slip techniques. The mugs, jugs and teapots are finished in a third firing with liquid bright platinum handles and knobs

To make my work I start with hand-modelled or lathe-turned shapes, along with found objects. From these I make plaster moulds which I use to translate the shapes into clay components. From my extensive library of moulds, I slipcast components in white earthenware which, later, I join when leather-hard. Once composition of the piece is complete I decorate the greenware with sliptrailed and brushed slips. After the initial firing I glaze with a combination of underglazes and brightly coloured earthenware glazes. Finally, in a third lustre firing I apply metallic lustres and touches of liquid bright gold and platinum.

History

1976 - Art Foundation, Salisbury College of Art, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
1977-80 - B.A. Honours (First): Multidisciplinary Design, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
1980-82 - M.A. Design (Distinction): Ceramics, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Selected Exhibitions

1991 - Designer/Maker Show - MAC, Birmingham.
1995 - Timepieces - Northern Gallery for Contemporary Arts, Sunderland.
1996 - Mark Dally Ceramics - West Midlands Arts, Birmingham.
1996-8 - Designer/Maker Show - MAC, Birmingham.
1999 - Black&Whiteware/ Aubrey Beardsley Centenary Exhibition Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
1999 - Onwards, Backwards, Sideways - Rye Art Gallery, East Sussex.
2000 - Croydon Clocktower Museum - Croydon.
2000 - Chelsea Crafts Fair 2000 - Chelsea, London.
2001 - Designer/Maker Show - MAC, Birmingham.
2001 - Mark Dally Ceramics - Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.
2001 - Earth And Fire 7 - Rufford Craft Centre.
2001 - Mark Dally Ceramics - Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews.
2002 - Earth And Fire 8 - Rufford Craft Centre.
2002 - Art In Clay - Hatfield House, Hatfield.
2002 - Potfest In The Park - Penrith.
2002 - The Tea Party - Bircham Contemporary Art, Norfolk.
2002 - Art In Clay - The Maltings, Farnham.

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Ceramics by Mark Dally at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2010. _Victory_ Ceramics by Mark Dally at Studiopottery.co.uk - Envelope vase.
Ceramics by Mark Dally at Studiopottery.co.uk - Clocks. Ceramics by Mark Dally at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2010. Giant platter
Ceramics by Mark Dally at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2010. Japanese Clouds Ceramics by Mark Dally at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2010. Mugs

Contact Details

Studio Address: 27 Lichfield Street, Stone, Staffordshire, UK, ST15 8NA.
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Telephone: +44 (0)1785 816464
Mobile: +44 (0)7092 311688
Email:
Web-site: www.markdallyceramics.co.uk

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Last Updated: 2012-04-25

Work styles:

Slipware
Earthenware
Slip cast
Handbuilt
Teapots
Kitchen & Tableware
Clocks
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