Auction | Featured Item! Daniel Johnston’s Stunning Large Lidded Vessel

We’ve extended our once-in-a-lifetime auction featuring works from over 60 artists from across the world! And we wanted to share with you one of our favorite items up for bid, artist Daniel Johnston‘s stunning Large Lidded Vessel before the July 21 deadline.

Daniel Johnston
Large Lidded Vessel, 2017.
Hand thrown wood-fired stoneware. 42 ½”H x 25”W
VALUE: $3000

Gift of the artist. Courtesy Peters Projects, Santa Fe

Daniel Johnston, b. 1961, Seagrove, North Carolina, grew up in a farming family but found influence in the local pottery community. He has apprenticed in the Leach, Cardew, and Hewitt school of making pots. For nearly fifteen years he has devoted his time to understanding the many traditions of his craft.

“I do not try to control my materials, rather I try to understand them.” – Johnston

This pot is part of a groundbreaking Installation (906 – 955) White to Black at Peters Projects (June 2 – August 26, 2017) and consists of 50 large jars lining a custom-built corridor extending from the front to the back entrance of the gallery. Walking through this installation is transformative; 50 jars rest on a continuous curving bench 3′ from the ground, placing them intimately close and slightly above eye level. The light flickers through vertical spacing between the wooden slats, landing high on the shoulders of the massive vessels.

Daniel Johnston’s earliest influences stem from working in a high volume North Carolina production studio at the age of 16, where thousands of pieces were produced with a high level of accuracy, culminating in making over 60,000 pots in a two-year period.

To learn more about Daniel Johnston click here.