Daniel Wright is a ceramicist who creates hand thrown earthenware tableware, adorned with slips and hand drawn transfers, and screen printed in black enamel. Wright is particularly inspired by English slipware and 1950s Ridgeware ceramics, especially the homemaker range. The influence of Italian designer Piero Fornasetti is also evident in his work.
Wright’s artistic output is defined by a fusing of the function of the object in tandem with respectful use of the imagery and symbolism inherent to a locality. His work is encapsulated by the idea of combining traditional ceramic methods with techniques such as screen printing to create distinctively modern pieces that nod directly to the surroundings that inspired them, like tea mugs part of a Cambridge series, that have distinctive Cambridge landmarks emblazoned on them.
Other works by Wright draw inspiration from local Welsh architecture, landscapes and wildlife. Wright’s signature graphic style, one that utilizes stark blacks contrasted with washed out blue-greys, is highly impactful when directly applied to sculptural, traditional hand-thrown earthenware vessels – he lifts motifs such as ravens, and medieval structures like windmills and castles, both emblematic of the Pembrokeshire locale, while his tranquil ceramic surfaces provide a pure and simple, yet imminently fitting backdrop.
Daniel Wright was commissioned to create a series of hand thrown Earthenware vessels onto which are printed hand drawn transfers of the three hotels and of typical icons of the peninsula such as the ravens, trees and Carn Llidi. Using his signature graphic style and colours he created a rich series of sculptural vessels which now grace the rooms and hallways of Roch castle.
Daniel Wright was also commissioned to create a full dinner service working with Dudsons Fine China manufacturers. Daniel’s drawings of the three hotels and the iconic landscapes of the peninsula were transferred in black enamel onto the dinner service which is now used exclusively at Penrhiw Priory.
