Adam Dworski
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{{Infobox person | name = Adam Dworski | birth_date = 5 August 1917 | birth_place = Fužine, Croatia | death_date = 9 March 2011 | death_place = Dijon, France | education = | occupation = Potter | title = | spouse = Patricia Nash | parents = Emmanuel Clemens Dworski, Nadia Emilia Ruzic | children = Marijana Tanja Dworski, Adam Dworski, Mark Dworski | nationality = British
Adam Dworski [2](5th August 1917 – 9th March 2011) was a Croatian-born specialist in studio pottery. He was born in Croatia and died in France but spent most of his working life in Wales (United Kingdom).
Early life
Adam Dworski was born in the family country house in Fužine but was largely brought up in Sušak, Rijeka. He originally studied law but in post-war Yugoslavia was prevented from practicing and worked as a civil servant. In 1947, a British friend from pre-war days visited the family in Rijeka, bringing with her a young relative, Patricia Nash. Adam and Patricia were married in Zagreb in 1948 and elected to live in the United Kingdom, initially in the village of Snodhill, close to the Welsh border.
Wye Pottery
Unable to make use of his qualifications in England, Adam worked as a laborer until a chance encounter with a studio pottery led him into an informal apprenticeship and then, in 1956, to the establishment of his own Wye Pottery[1] in Clyro, just over the border in Wales. His work became known for the depth of colour used on glazed terracotta plaques, the distinctive brushwork on majolica tableware and the striking stoneware figures. Recurrent themes referenced mythology, the classical world and the early Church. He was a founder member of the Craft Potters Association and exhibited widely. His works can be found in a number of collections in Britain and abroad. Most of the later work is marked AD.
Later life
The Wye Pottery continued to function until 2003, and following its closure Adam and Patricia spent increasingly long periods in France, where both their sons had established businesses, one on the canals, the other in hot-air ballooning. Eventually they moved permanently to France, finally settling in the canal 'hub' of Saint-Jean-de-Losne in Burgundy. Adam died[2] in Dijon in March 2011 and was followed by Patricia in May of the same year. Throughout their lives the couple maintained close links with Croatia, spending much of the school holiday period at the family home in Sušak, and in May 2017 a retrospective exhibition of Adam's work was held in the Mimara Museum[3] in Zagreb.
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- ↑ "Wye Pottery". Pottery Studio. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ↑ Dworski, Adaš (26 April 2011). "Obituary". Guardian.
- ↑ "Adam Dworski's World of Pottery at Mimara Museum". Mimara Museum. Croatian Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
