Make a bid and help Helen's Trust
This is a fantastic opportunity to own the last remaining John Maltby piece entitled Figures and Throne from the earlier March exhibition, by placing a bid with Gallerytop The highest bid for the piece, which would retail for £270, will be the winner and all proceeds from the sale will go to Helen's Trust
We are very grateful to gallerytop for this arrangement.
The auction is being conducted on the basis of a "sealed bid" process and you should e-mail your offer to the gallery by 12.00 midday on Saturday 7th August
To remind yourself of John Maltby's outstanding status in British Ceramics, please read below. You can also see him in his studio here
Born in Lincolnshire in 1936, John Maltby studied sculpture at Goldsmith's College, London. He worked with David Leach at Bovey Tracey from 1962-64. In 1964 he established his own workshop in Devon. Over the years John has gained a distinguished reputation for his distinctive ceramics. He has won numerous awards and his work features in many public collections, including the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, The Crafts Council, London, The State Collection, Belgium, and The Museum for Kunstegewerbe, Hamburg. Solo exhibitions include the V&A Museum, London, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Beaux Arts, Bath, Seibu, Tokyo, Galerie Krempl, Munich and the Museum of Modern Ceramics, Deidesheim.
John Maltby is a member of the Craft Potters Association and the British Crafts Centre. He is also Advisor to the Leach Archive at Holborne and of the Menstrie Museum, Bath. Since 1976 john Maltby has made only individual work, mainly in oxidised stoneware, often with enamel glazes. Recently the work has been mainly sculptural about English subjects and each piece is an evolution, one from the other. They are handbuilt, with coloured slip-glazes, and are usually fired three times.