Adela Powell ceramics
20 March – 8 May 2021
New work now in and ready to see and buy online.
Bringing together techniques and ideas from a lifetime of making ceramics, Adela Powell’s recent work has found a strong, free voice which we celebrate in this major exhibition.
Having studied natural sciences and made a habit of observing the natural world, including the effects of nature on manmade items that wash up on our beaches and rivers, Adela Powell’s ceramics examine rust and decay, strong forms with frangible surfaces, shell forms with smoothest sensuous insides and robust rough exteriors.
Her glazes are dripped and crackled, layered deep, with areas of shiny rich colour abutting chalky semi-transparent over-glazes. This is an artist working in three dimensions, sometimes making organic forms and other times pressing in abstract marks or almost figurative patterns. Do click on the images below to expand them and see the work in detail. From 14 April, you will be able to come and examine it face to face, but we are taking pieces out as they sell, so don’t delay!
Adela Powell’s new ceramics can be viewed below. Please call us on +44 (0)1308 459511 or email on gallery@sladersyard.co.uk with any enquiries. We are happy to ship ceramics.
Adela Powell’s ceramics are shown below. Please click on an image to see it more closely. The measurements are listed height x width x depth, or height x diameter. We measure the widest part of the piece. Pots can be bought over the phone on 01308 459511 or by email on gallery@sladersyard.co.uk
Adela Powell’s new work is shown in two sections. Be sure not to miss the Can Forms below.
Varied Forms
101. Grey Vessel 
101. 23 x 65.5 x 43cm 
101. SOLD 
102. Stormy Vessel 
102. 26 x 67 x 37cm 
102. SOLD 
103. Standing Shell Form 
103. 24 x 55 x 37.5cm 
103. £1,500 
104. Shell Form 
104. 15.5 x 53 x 36cm 
104. SOLD 
105. Shell Form 
105. 17 x 53 x 38cm 
105. £950 
62. Large Shell Form 
62. H16 x 49 x 39cm 
62. SOLD 
106. Boat 
106. 12 x 60 x 14.5cm 
106. £450 
107. Seed Bottle 
107. 39 x 45 x 12cm 
107. £495 
108. Small Rock Form Container 
108. 25.5 x 23 x 9cm 
108. £245 
109. V. Large Jar with Accretions 
109. H54 x 26cm 
109. £1,800 
110. Medium Jar 
110. H35 x D19cm 
110. £500 RESERVED 
111. Large Bottle 
111. H52 x D21cm 
111. £1,200 
112. Large Round Jar 
112. H31 x D26cm 
112. £900 
113. Medium Round Jar 
113. H26 x D21cm 
113. £600 
114. Medium Bottle 
114. H32.5 x D12cm 
114. £300 
115. Medium Short Round Jar 
115. H18 x 26cm 
115. £450 
116. Medium Small Round Jar 
116. 19 x 18cm 
116. £400 RESERVED 
117. Jar with lugs 
117. 24 x 18cm 
117. £350 
118. Encrusted Jar 
118. H19 x 12cm 
118. £285 
119. Jar with lugs 
119. H17.5 x 15.5cm 
119. £250 
120. Small Round Jar with lugs 
120. 14 x 16cm 
120. £190 
121. Small Round Jar with lugs 
121. 14 x 16cm 
121. £190 
148. Large Plate 
148. 4 x 37cm £320 
149. Plate 
149. 2.5 x 24.5cm £135 
150. Plate 
150. 2.5 x 24.5cm £135 
151. Small Bottle 
151. H17 x 9cm 
151. £125 
152. Small Bottle 
152. H17 x 8cm 
152. £125 
153. Small Bottle 
153. 14.5 x 7.5cm 
153. £125 
154. Small Bottle 
154. H17.5 x 8cm 
154. SOLD 
54. Bowl 5 x 18cm £99 
54. and 52. 
52. Bowl 5 x 18cm £99
CAN FORMS
Adela Powell’s Can Forms are an artform in themselves. Here we offer an irresistible selection.
122. V. Large Can Form 
122. 32.5 x 33 x 14cm 
122. SOLD 
123. Large Can Form 
123. 31.5 x 19.5 x 9cm 
123. £590 
124. Large Can Form 
124. 34 x 20 x 9cm 
124. £590 
125. Medium Fat Can Form 
125. 26 x 24 x 11cm 
125. £490 
126. Medium Fat Can Form 
126. 26 x 24 x 8.5cm 
126. £490 
127. Medium Fat Can Copper Lustre 
127. 24 x 24.5 x 8cm 
127. £520 
65. Large Blue Can Form 
65. 31 x 24.5 x 9.5cm 
65. £490 
128. Medium Fat Can Form 
128. 24 x 24 x 8cm 
128. £490 
129. Medium Can Form 
129. 25.5 x 20 x 8cm 
129. £490 
56. Can Form Large Blue 
56. 23 x 24 x 7cm 
56. £465 
130. Tall Can Form 
130. 25.5 x 13 x 6.5cm 
130. £385 RESERVED 
131. Tall Can Form 
131. 24.5 x 13 x 6cm 
131. £365 
132. Small Medium Can Form 
132. 22.5 x 21 x 7.5cm 
132. £385 
133. Small Medium Can Form 
133. 21 x 19 x 8cm 
133. £365 
134. Small Medium Can Form 
134. 19 x 18.5 x 8cm 
134. £350 
135. Tall Can Form 
135. 21.5 x 14 x 6.5cm 
135. £350 
59. Can Form Tall Brown 
59. 26 x 15 x 5cm 
59. £345 
136. Tall Can Form 
136. 21.5 x 13 x 6.5cm 
136. £320 RESERVED 
137. Tall Can Form 
137. 19.5 x 14 x 6cm 
137. £295 
138. Tall Can Form 
138. 18 x 14 x 5.5cm 
138. £295 
139. Tall Can Form 
139. 18 x 13.5 x 5.5cm 
139. £295 RESERVED 
140. Encrusted Can Form 
140. 17.5 x 14 x 7cm 
140. £295 
64. Short Broad Blue Can Form 
64. 17.5 x 19 x 7cm 
64. SOLD 
141. Small Can Form 
141. 19.5 x 13.5 x 6.5cm 
141. £275 
142. Small Can Form 
142. 16.5 x 12.5 x 5.5cm 
142. £265 
63. Tall Dark Blue Can Form 
63. 24 x 13.5 x 7.5cm 
63. £265 
66. Pale Blue Can Form 
66. 22 x 13 x 6.5cm 
66. SOLD 
143. Small Can Form 
143. 13 x 10 x 4cm 
143. £120 
144. Small Tall Can 
144. 14.5 x 9 x 4cm 
144. £120 
145. Small Tall Can 
145. 14 x 8 x 4cm 
145. £100 
146. 12.5 x 7.5 x 3.5cm 
146. Small Can Form 
146. SOLD 
147. Small Can Form 
147. 12.5 x 7.5 x 4cm 
147. £80
Please call us on +44 (0)1308 459511 or email gallery@sladersyard.co.uk to enquire. We are happy to ship ceramics.
Adela Powell’s ceramics are inspired by the sea and coastal landscape. She searches for universal patterns, textures and forms in nature, where science and art are inseparable. Her method is experimental and different every time. She uses various clays including mud from the Dorset coast and from the Tamar River. Sometimes she incorporates other material she finds at the water’s edge, both organic and inorganic. The inherent tactile and textural qualities of clay are enhanced with many layers of oxides, slips and glazes which she fires to 1265 degrees C in an electric kiln after a bisque firing in a gas kiln.
She has been a professional potter for many years. Born in the Wirral, Cheshire, she read Natural Sciences at Liverpool University, and the science of the natural world still plays a strong part in her inspiration. She later attended Plymouth College of Art whilst bringing up her young family. A move to Cornwall over 30 years ago had a great impact on her work. The natural environments of coast, moorland and river valleys have influenced her in many ways which can clearly be seen in her forms and colours. Her techniques, including mark-making, found materials and many layers, produce a visual layering evocative of erosion, decay and history.
Adela Powell is a selected member of the Craft Potters Association in London. Last year, she took part in the new Celebrating Ceramics Fair in Oxford, unfortunately cancelled this year. She enjoyed a long association with Badcocks Gallery in Newlyn, Penzance, who also showed her work at the Affordable Art Fairs in London. She has exhibited regularly at Art in Clay at Hatfield and at Artmill Gallery, Plymouth. She has also recently exhibited at Innovations in Ceramic Art at the Guildhall, Cambridge, and at York Ceramics Fair. We are delighted to show her work at Sladers Yard.
Sadly, Adela Powell is no relation to Anna Powell, Director of Sladers Yard.
Wonderful. Looking forward to seeing them. So refreshing and inspiring.
Thanks so much. They are truly original and very exciting, I couldn’t agree more. All best wishes, Anna