In the studio with British ceramist Philip Eglin and his idiosyncratic approach to clay
Using the medium of clay to mold seemingly disparate historical and contemporary subjects as one, ceramist Philip Eglin roots his work in creative anarchy as much as the continuation of his craft. Combining forms influenced by the ceramic tradition – from Chinese porcelain to the folk art of Britain – with the language of symbols seen in contemporary consumer culture and packaging, his flippant approach gives way to a sense of balance: between high and low brow, the reverent and the irreverent.…
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Philip Eglin | The Making of a Priest and Pin-Up Oval Dish
In this short film we see part of the process involved in creating one of Philip’s Priest & Pin-Up Oval Dishes that features within his October 2021 exhibition Strange Bedfellows.
Philip Eglin is an artist who has made an outstanding contribution to contemporary ceramics and has a hard won international reputation and following. Strange Bedfellows marks Philip Eglin’s sixth solo exhibition with The Scottish Gallery, which delves deep into his image making and re-visits a subject he first explored in 2009; the priest and pin-up. He has made a new series of figures and raku dishes, the latter illustrated with line drawings generated from photographs and carte de visite images. Eglin explores contrasts and similarities, associating or pairing opposites with the title Strange Bedfellows aptly describing the incongruous and contradictory twinning of the priest and the pin-up. His work is held in numerous public collections worldwide.
Philip Eglin | The Making of a Quatrefoil Dish
In this short film we are welcomed inside Philip Eglin’s studio as we see part of the process involved in creating one of his Quatrefoil Dishes that features within his October 2021 exhibition Strange Bedfellows.
Philip Eglin is an artist who has made an outstanding contribution to contemporary ceramics and has a hard won international reputation and following. Strange Bedfellows marks Philip Eglin’s sixth solo exhibition with The Scottish Gallery, which delves deep into his image making and re-visits a subject he first explored in 2009; the priest and pin-up. He has made a new series of figures and raku dishes, the latter illustrated with line drawings generated from photographs and carte de visite images. Eglin explores contrasts and similarities, associating or pairing opposites with the title Strange Bedfellows aptly describing the incongruous and contradictory twinning of the priest and the pin-up. His work is held in numerous public collections worldwide.
