Andrew Walford 1942 -

Renowned potter Andrew Walford (now lives in KZN)

Height: 12 cm

Diameter: 23 cm

Perfect condition!

(Local postage and packaging: SAPO = R80)

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Biography:

(b Bournemouth, 4 Dec 1942). South African potter of English birth. He moved to South Africa with his parents in 1947 and trained as a commercial artist at the Durban Art School. After a six-month sculpture course he started a pottery apprenticeship at the Walsh Marais Studio in Durban and continued his training with Sammy Liebermann (1920–84) in Johannesburg. In 1961 he took over the Walsh Marais Studio, but in 1964 he closed it and travelled to Europe, where he met such leading potters as Lucie Rie, Bernard Leach and Michael Cardew. He was invited to work at the Gustavberg factory near Stockholm and later went to Germany, where he started a pottery studio and signed a year’s contract to teach at the art academy in Hamburg. In 1967 he returned to South Africa and in 1968 established a studio at N’Shongweni in Natal. In 1969 he visited Japan and befriended Shoji Hamada, who strongly influenced him. Walford produced mainly functional but individual pieces.