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The birdbaths stand on a timber base made of Sussex green oak, which weathers in colour from yellow to grey. The 12 inch (30cm) square bases are supplied in varying heights and are included in the prices shown below.

Although birdbaths may be ordered, most people prefer to arrange a visit to the workshop to choose one from those on display.

The bird-baths are made in five shapes, each echoing the form of its base:

Shape number 1 birdbath
(Black glaze)

£997

Shape number 2 birdbath

£997

Shape number 3 birdbath
(Sgraffito surface under an orange saltglaze)

£997

Shape number 4 birdbath
(Plain saltglaze)

£1225

Shape number 5 birdbath
(Plain glaze)

£997

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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