Both form and decoration are
important to me. But, it is the form that will dictate how I decorate the piece. Ultimately, if the form is not right, the finished piece will never be, for me, a “good” pot no matter how well decorated the surface is.
Ceramic collector David Bland says of Tony Laverick “Tony’s commitment to good design is apparent in every pot he makes. We may notice it first in the way he decorates, our eyes drawn to his sumptuous colours or those flashes of gold, but for him it begins with the basic form. As Tony himself says -If the form is not right, the finished pot will never be, for me, a good pot. There should be harmony and balance. All the decoration in the world won’t save a poor underlying shape.” David Bland
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