Diana Worthy had studied at Camberwell and then at Croydon, under the tutelage of Bridget Riley and Barry Fantoni. She completed her Master's Degree at the Royal College of Art, under David (Lord Queensberry). After graduating she worked for a period at the Kilkenny Design Workshop and then at Denby.
In 1975 Diana and her husband set up the Crich Pottery in Derbyshire. The pottery operated for nearly 30 years, selling works to the British Arts Council, Heals, Liberty’s, as well as exporting to Japan, Norway, Germany, and the States.
The pottery closed in 2004 when Diana moved to Spain.
This is a lovely Crich small stoneware teapot. It has a lovely decoration of terracotta abstract flowers, oxidized glazes, and sgraffito lines that pick out the natural forms.
This one is an attractive example - I love that fluted end on the spout. It is a substantial piece being made of heavy stoneware. I would imagine that it would keep the tea inside warm for a while with its thick insulated walls. This Crich teapot is a harder to find one - as many of Diana's teapots have bamboo handles and not this integrated ceramic one. This is reflected in my asking price.
It is signed with a large letter "C P" to the base - for Crich Pottery. Perfect condition with no damages.
Dimensions: The height from base to top of lid is 4 1/4 inches. The diameter of the base is 5 inches. The rim at the top is 2 3/4 inches and from handle to spout is 7 inches. A cute wee pot for fancy teas for one!
Postage will be with Royal Mail Tracked (Small Parcel). This will be applied to your order at the checkout.
TECHNIQUE: Diana’s pots show her love of nature, featuring hills, trees, flowers and leaves and to her constant preoccupation with and love of colour. Decorative techniques involve using many layers of coloured glazes, made at the pottery, either by dipping or pouring over the biscuit ware (once fired). Each glaze interacts and reacts to produce different colours. The next stage involves drawing designs into the dried glazes (sgraffito) then blending everything together with a final overspray of glaze which again, changes the colours (acknowledgement to Joan Witham for this description of Diana Worthy's technique).