"Ken
Clark, who has died aged 89, was among the leading ceramicists of his
generation. His strengths included a sure feel for shape when designing solid
objects such as candlesticks; masterly ability in imparting a particular hue to
a glaze; and sureness of touch in applying a design to ceramics then
firing.
Among
his greatest triumphs was recreating the red lustre used a century earlier by
the potter-novelist William De Morgan. This arose from a commission for red
tiles by the film director Michael Winner. Clark went on to fathom the secrets
of De Morgan’s other glazes, including those of Islamic origin which had been
almost completely lost between the late Middle Ages and De Morgan’s
rediscovering them in the 1870s." Link
Avid Gallery was privileged to exhibit his work in 2004. We remember him with great affection and admiration.
