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He has also been an influential teacher, both at Eton College, where he taught pottery and sculpture, and as a lecturer at Camberwell and the Central School of Art (both in London). His early works were a pure exploration of abstract sculptural form, and would typically be finished with shiny dark glazes, as is the case here. From the 1970s, however, Baldwin has shown an increasing interest in ceramic vessel forms, and the interplay between shape and painted surface.","physicalDescription":"Abstract sculptural form with rounded base and curved sides tapering to an indented flat top. Earthenware, handbuilt, with black/brown lustrous metallic glaze. The piece was made by coiling. It was fired three times to 1100'C. For the first glost firing three glazes were sprayed on in layers; these were variations of a lead based glaze with manganese and copper oxides as colourants - one with the addition of a small quantity of nickel. 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