Adam Buick, Massive Intertidal Jar, 2020

Adam Buick
Massive Intertidal Jar, 2020
Stoneware with Waun LLodi clay splash and a Nuka glaze
Height: 85 cm / 2ft 9 ⅖ in.

We are delighted that a jar by Adam Buick, from his new series, has been acquired by the Hepworth Wakefield Museum for their collection.

Ceramicist Adam Buick uses the form of Korean Moon-jars as a canvas to map observations from an ongoing study of his surroundings and the human condition. The use of glazes and firing temperatures in his ceramics allows unpredictable metamorphosis to occur, forming the finish just as we are formed by the world around us. Using locally dug clay and stone inclusions which emerge from the smooth porcelain surface, the Welsh landscape is emotionally and literally laced through his thrown jars.

Adam Buick lives and works in Llanferran, Wales. In 2001 he received a BA joint honours in archaeology and anthropology at Lampeter University before studying at the West Wales School of Art in Carmarthen in 2003. In 2017 Buick was granted the Creative Wales Award. His work has been exhibited widely; recent shows include Grounding, Ruthin Crafts Centre, Wales (2023); Atavism, Hauser & Wirth, Somerset (2019); Things of Beauty Growing at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (2018); at the Yale Centre for British Art (2017) and at Collect, Saatchi Gallery, and Ceramic Art London, RCA in 2012.

Adam Buick’s work is included in several major public collections including the British Museum; Crafts Council UK; Chatsworth House; Ceramic Review Award; the National Museum, Cardiff; the British Academy and the Arts Council of Wales.