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Each bird-bath has either a smooth or sgraffito
surface finished in one of several glazes, including:
- Blue-grey
- Cardew
- Keeper's
- Black
- Plain
Close ups of some different glazes and finishes:
 | Cardew glaze |
 | Keeper's glaze |
 | Sgraffito surface |
Packaging, insurance and delivery by 72 hr
courier is not included. The average cost for this is £100 per bird-bath and
base in UK.
Terms: Cash with order, please.
Bird-baths are frostproof in a normal
English winter, but should be brought inside during sustained
sub-zero temperatures.
About her bird-baths - by Sarah Walton
"The forms of these bird-baths are prompted by landscape, especially that of the South Downs
and the Lake District. I've tried to recreate on a smaller scale what I've seen on a larger
one there. As important has been the influence of Romanesque and Neolithic art.
My father was a musician at Glyndebourne and so I spent a lot of my early childhood around the
South Downs enjoying their sensuous hollows and profiles. Then one Easter I was introduced
to the Lake District, with its sharp, cold air and thin topsoil. Tarns lay circled amongst
hills. These could dance in sunlight or lie in deep stillness.
The often weather beaten qualities of rural buildings such as barns, stone walling and
Saxon churches have given me a language and influenced the way I choose to use materials.
When I began making the birdbaths in 1986, I had a clear intention to make forms that were more
sensuous than I'd dared attempt before. When onlookers say they want to touch them, I
realise I've communicated my intention."
Photography by: Adil Writer, Jaqui Hurst
Neville Langley and Philip Miles.
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