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No1 Head
12 inches

No3 Lady
18 inches

No5 Mother & Child
16 inches

No8 Red Pelos
13x4 inches

No9 Raku Pelos (red)
11x4 inches (2)

No13 Raku Pelos
11x4 inches

No16 Red Bow with Disc
14x11inches

No19 red Fantail
15 inches

No23 Red Keyhole Bow
11x5inches

No25 Red Totem
23 inches

No27 Black Pelos
12x6 inches (2)

No28 Black Totem with Gold Disc
19x4 inches

No32 Raku Form with Blue Top
10 inches

No35 Raku Bottle
7x6 inches

No 38 Raku Bow with Disc
8x4 inches (2)

No41 Head
22 inches (2)

No41 Head
22inches

No44 red Bow with Disc
25x13inches

No46 Raku Totem with Blue Wave
and Disc
19x5inches

No49 Mounted Blade
11.5x17 inches (2)

No2 Head
13 inches

No4 Figure
16 inches

No 6 Red Flat Bow with Gold Disc
26x14 inches

No9 Raku Pelos (red)
11x4 inches

No10 Raku Pelos (red)

Peter Hayes
No14 White Keyhole Bow
12x19 inches

No15 White Pelos
10x15 inches

No18 Red Bow with Gold Disc
10x14 inches

No21 Raku Fantail
13inches

No24 Red Keyhole Bow
7x4 inches

No26 Black Bow with Gold Disc
11x4inches

No27 Black Pelos
12x6 inches

No29 Raku Bow
15x12 inches

No31 Raku Form with Blue Top
14 inches

No34 Mounted Disc
22 inches

No36 Raku Keyhole Bow
12x5 inches

No38 Raku Bow with Disc
8x4 inches

No43 Red Totem
43x8 inches

No45 Raku keyhole bow with Blue Wave
27x15 inches

No48 Raku Totem with Blue Wave
and Disc
55x8 inches

No37
11.5x17 inches

No56 White Pelos
10x3 inches

Peter Hayes
Ceramic Sculpture

Peter Hayes has worked as a potter and ceramic sculptor in Africa, India, Japan and New Mexico. Whilst working with tribes and village potters he was intrigued that with limited technology and basic tools the craftsmen produced exquisitely beautiful surfaces.

Over the years techniques learnt on his travels have developed his own work; he builds up layers of textured clay, combining burnishing and polishing with surface textures, and introducing resin, copper,
iron and glass into some pieces. He achieves wonderful forms and finishes and now has several major pieces cast in bronze.

His sculptures vary from the intimate to the monumental; all have a strength that transcends size.

“I am naturally drawn to shapes of artefacts and objects from other cultures and other times that remain timeless.
My main aim in my work is not to compete with nature; but for the work to evolve within the environment. Minerals such as iron and copper that I introduce into the
‘Raku’ ceramic surface have their own effect on the clay.

This process continues with sanding so that the texture and
cracks do not interrupt the surface but become an organic, integral part of the patina.

Each individual piece takes on
its own developing surface, its own history and its own aesthetic. I am merely the maker. ” Peter Hayes

His work is in public collections including The Scottish National Gallery,
The Museum of Modern Art Jamaica,
The Museum of Modern Art Brussels,
The Gardener Collection, Canada
The Silver Collection, California.

The Stour Gallery has regularly shown Peter’s work. This is our first opportunity to show his outdoor sculptures as well
as his more intimate pieces.

More work available

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