14 September 2012
John Clappison Hornsea Designs
These lovely images are of a series of illustrations created by John Clappison for his mugs, all drawn in the mid to late ’60s. Taken from ‘The Life and Works of John Clappison’ by Pauline Coyle. Via the lovely Present & Correct website (click to see more on their site)
And here are two of the designs actually on the mugs from the collection of the V&A London:
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How well they have translated from paper to clay!Thanks for sharing, have you checked out potshots, they are huge Hornsea fans!
ReplyDeleteThanks Pippa, and yes Potshots is a great blog too..so many of those designs we never seen here sadly. I've tried to get the book these are from too, but I havent found a seller who has it who will post to Australia...so I've put it on backorder if it comes up through the book depository. Ray.
DeleteWhat a co-incidence. I was reading up about John Clappison online last week. I still haven't found the pattern on my Hornsea mug (sat here on my desk, chip-handled and full of tea). It's green, probably the same as on the serpent mug above, with an overlaid orange abstract pattern, reminiscent of a lace tablecloth design. I don't do Facebook (can I still post photos to yours?) so maybe I should get a photo of my mug onto your Flickr page before the end of Sept.
ReplyDeleteHi Jeneane, many of these patterns dont have names...but you might find it in the V&A online collection. Been thinking I may as well leave the Flickr page up anyway. ...so post it on there (you cant to Facebook without an account)
DeleteThanks for giving this work a wider audience, Ray. The images help to demonstrate just how good an illustrator and designer John Clappison was during this period. Nice to see the artwork together with the mugs. And thanks to Pippa for the Potshots mention.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments...yes John Clappison's work is so spot on...everyone who sees it loves it.One more book I must get added to the growing list :) Just wish I could get hold of more of these and the early Hornsea here, it seems to be something that just wasnt imported in huge numbers apart from the standard dinnerware designs.
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