Wallwork - Three generations of makers

March 1st - April 13th 2008

This exciting exhibition will feature contemporary craftwork by three generations of makers. Alan Wallwork will be exhibiting his sculptural and large pots along with his daughter Amanda's work in oil and plaster and his grandson Rowan's greenwood sculptures.

Alan was born in Hertfordshire in 1931. He took a teacher training course at Goldsmith's College and learned potting in his final year. He started his first workshop South London, making domestic wares in earthenware. After moving to a larger premises in Greenwich, Alan continued to make oxidized stoneware pots and earthenware tiles until 1964. He then moved to Dorset where he concentrated on tiles and hand-built, slabbed, coiled and altered pots and sculptural pieces in reduced stoneware. Alan specialises in sculptural work and large pots and pays particular attention to surface texture. He now lives in France and continues to create unique craftwork.

After an early career as a successful children's book illustrator Amanda has focused on painting since 1998 with archaeology as her source of inspiration. She is intrigued by the marks and traces left behind by people on places and objects, both deliberate and accidental, and the stories they tell. The paintings are constructed from layers of plaster and oil paint, continuously built up and sanded down and then drawn on or scratched through to expose the layers beneath. This process, reminiscent of an archaeological excavation, combined with her use of colour and texture, reinforces the sense of time and antiquity in the work. Recent work has concentrated on interpreting the marks visible in the landscape when viewed from the air and the way these represent a 'map' of time. Currently she is researching the 'Tinners Way' a lost prehistoric trackway in West Penwith, Cornwall.

Born in Somerset in 1983, Rowan, Amanda's son, completed a Foundation Course at Yeovil College but decided he wanted to get straight on with 'making' rather than continuing with any formal art training. He took an apprentice job as cabinetmaker where he learned valuable woodworking skills whilst also researching and developing his interest in traditional axe carving and sustainable living. He lives and works from his self-built Yurt in a Somerset field.

This amazing exhibition will be on display at Walford Mill from 1 st March until April 13 th . Don't miss this unique opportunity to visit this exhibition and view totally different work by three generations of Wallwork family.