Pot
Collection
MC
Brief description
Flattened pot on a narrow foot with a black matt glaze. Hans Coper, 1972.
Object number (per part)
P.40
Object name (per part)
pot
Production person
Coper, Hans
Production date
1972
Material
stoneware
Technique
thrown
handbuilt
oxidised
glazed
handbuilt
oxidised
glazed
Physical description
Flattened pot on a narrow foot with a black matt glaze.
Dimensions
height: 18cm
width: 12cm
width: 12cm
Label
Coper’s work reflects an urban modernism and an awareness of architectural spaces. He made sculptural pieces, creating forms on the potter’s wheel and then applied a dark, nuanced surface decoration. He pioneered a new aspect of ceramic aesthetics by expanding the scope of pottery to create work with an ambiguity of purpose and function of ceramic works. Originally from Germany, Coper became a naturalised British subject, in 1958. From 1963 to 1967 he taught at the Camberwell School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. Coper died in 1981.