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Gordon Baldwin: Inscape


INSCAPE is a new monograph publication that celebrates the life and work of Gordon Baldwin, now age 92. The 280-page publication brings together the widest record of Baldwin’s ceramic sculpture in over 750 images from museums, galleries and private collections around the world, together with his little-known drawings and unpublished poetry for the first time. The publication offers long overdue recognition of the groundbreaking artist, curator and teacher, and offers a full assessment of the artist’s wide creative output.

Arranged according to the major decades of Baldwin’s career, each chapter begins with an explanatory text by Natalie Baerselman le Gros (Curator, Writer and Editor specialising in ceramic arts) and features essays on Baldwin’s curatorial activities by Helen Walsh (Curator of Ceramics at the Centre of Ceramic Art, York) and on Baldwin’s poetry by Anthony Gardner (Author, Poet and Journalist). The publication concludes with testimonials from key figures taught or influenced by Baldwin.

This monograph has been published independently by a group of admirers, in collaboration with the artist and his family. Something of a passion project, the book is not generated for profit and all proceeds go towards the group’s next project: to secure a major exhibition of Baldwin’s work in the UK. 

The book is available to purchase through the publisher. Please contact edwardaohutchison@gmail.com




British Ceramics at Erskine, Hall & Coe


12 - 25 October 2023
Featuring over twenty works made from the 1950s to the present day, British Ceramics encompasses the beauty of all ceramic shapes and designs, from functional pots to sculptural pieces. This eclectic selection explores both the diversity and unity of ceramic art created by modern and contemporary makers in Britain.

Ian Auld

Gordon Baldwin

Richard Batterham

Joanna Constantinidis

Hans Coper

Ewen Henderson

Jennifer Lee

Jim Malone

Ursula Mommens

Eileen Nisbet

Lucie Rie

James Tower

John Ward


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Tall Standing Form, 2001

‘Argilos’ at Carwan Gallery, Athens


Sep 21, 2023 06:00 PM - Nov 11, 2023 5:00 PM
Gordon Baldwin’s work will be included in the group exhibition ‘Argilos’ at Carwan Gallery, Athens. The exhibition features artists from Fondazione Officine Saffi’s collection. The works on display, spanning from the 1970s to the present day, will highlight the foundation’s extensive research into 20th Century and contemporary ceramics.

The showcase encompasses both functional and non-functional ceramic pieces, most of which were specially commissioned by Fondazione Officine Saffi and are now part of its collection. Every artwork on display is pushing the boundaries of the medium, showcasing the limitless creativity, expressiveness, and plastic potential of clay, in a visual and material conversation between the past and the present.



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Contemporary Ceramics at Newstead Abbey


Mar 4, 2023 10:00 AM - Oct 29, 2023 5:00 PM

This exhibition – which sits alongside the Crafted in Clay pottery trail – aims to give a partial and subjective overview of contemporary ceramics in Britain, with potters and artists selected by Tommaso Corvi-Mora, including Gordon Baldwin OBE.

Tommaso is the owner of Corvi-Mora gallery in London, which has championed the work of ceramic artists for many years. He is also an artist and his work features in the Crafted in Clay trail.

The work in this exhibition spans forty years, from the mid-1980s until today and also features two works from the 1870s by the Martin Brothers, early forerunners of studio potters.

The exhibition revolves around the work of artists who either focus on the vessel as a starting point of their investigation or who adopt the model of the studio potter – an artist following the whole process of making ceramics from beginning to end, working alone in the studio – to structure their own practice. In most cases both elements are present.