Just back from my local boot fair & indoor market and I'm very pleased with these three large Carn pottery vases. They measure (left to right) 28cms (11"), 22cms (8 3/4") & 30cms (11 1/2").
John M Beusmans set up Carn Pottery in an Old Cornish Chapel in Nancledra on the Penzance road from St Ives in the early 1970s.
All his work is slip cast and John usually makes several moulds from a master, each one incised with a different design. The colour is produced by applying copper oxide and copper mixed with cobalt. His pieces are often abstract in shape and are instantly recognizable. His work is clearly inspired by the Cornish countryside, the sea and fishing harbours. John works with one helper and fires his pots in an electric kiln at 1140°C.
Carn pieces are backstamped with a rubber stamp, have a pattern number and if made by John they are hand signed with his signature.
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