Soon the kiln was achieving temperatures of 1300°, and Derek started to develop a new tableware range. Producing a new sets of slight asymmetrical moulds he now casts in virtuous slip rather than earthenware.
These pieces are as thin as egg shell to touch and weigh virtually nothing. They possess a wonderful organic feel in the hand and it’s hard not to feel an echo of Hepworth in them. The exterior is matt brown from rubbed iron oxide, which contrasts with the pure sheen of the white Helen Pincombe glaze on the inside.
Derek’ father in law, Donald Lambert, (Don), having give up working for an early computer company in the 1940s, takes up cabinet making, making chess boards for the Design Centre amongst other things, and these wooden salad servers for Derek and Ruth.
Vitreous slip tableware 1957- 62
Large bowl 23 x 10 cm
Small dishes 18 x 4 cm
Cast in Vitreous slip and fired to 1300º
white Helen Pincombe glaze / rubbed iron
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