Historical information
Alan PEASCOD (1943-2007).
Born England. Arrived Australia 1952.
Alan Peascod was one of Australia’s most highly acclaimed ceramic artists. For over 35 years his work has been at the forefront of the Australian ceramics movement, developing radical techniques previously unexplored with his developments in unusual glazes and firing methods. His creative repertoire includes dry glazed vessels, alkaline glazes, majolica, saturated metals, and many post firing finishes. Alan's work with the very difficult reduced lustre technique is highly regarded. He was taught the method by Professor Said El Sadr in Cairo, Egypt in 1972 and this led to lifelong research of the technique throughout the Middle East and Europe. His work in the field led to the completion of his doctoral studies at the University of Wollongong in 1994. This study also led to satirical figurative sculpture themes dealing with the human condition.
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Physical description
Lustre glazed earthenware form with sgraffito decoration.
Subjects
References
- Owen Rye, “Alan Peascod’s dream of flight”, Ceramics Art & Perception; #58, 2004, pp. 44-46. Over the years his innovative and unusually extensive repertoire on vessels included various dry glazes, lustres (reduced and resinate including his signature all gold works), alkaline glazes, majolica, and saturated metallics, as well as a variety of post-firing finishes. Each type required a different approach both conceptually and technically, and he developed many specialised kilns to achieve overall technologies unique to him. Some, such as the dry glaze, were his inventions, and others, such as the reduced lustre techniques, are his revivals of traditional technologies at a standard few others can match.
- Alan Peascod
