Now in its third year, Jerwood Makers Open commissions new work from five 'rising stars' in the applied arts, offering a show at Jerwood Space in London followed by a tour in the UK. Almost by definition the new work in the field has a strong urban feel and, not surprisingly, many of the winners are London based and/ or recent graduates of the Royal College of Art. It is heartening therefore to find that an artist living in rural West Wales is one of this year's winners. In one sense Adam Buick conforms to the ultimate stereotype of the country potter. His workshop is reached down a winding road through fields and past a farmhouse until you arrive at some rambling outbuildings with stacks of wood and handsome jars balanced casually on tree trunks. He is best known for his moon jars, beautiful globular forms, each one glazed individually and wood-fired to render subtle markings, which are often derived from materials he wrests from the local area. On the face of it his work appears to have taken much from the philosophies of the Anglo-Oriental tradition and the studio pot inspired by eastern forms - but it is not that simple.
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