Series of artworks that remixes patterns drawn from New American Scenery motifs to create new, layered narratives on “Sampler” & “Souvenir” forms.
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Pattern Sampler, No. 4
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Pattern Sampler (after Stubbs), Detroit Souvenir No. 6
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Sampler Jug No. 10, Shelburne & Sugar
Samplers & Souvenirs Series
Series of artworks that remixes patterns drawn from New American Scenery motifs to create new, layered narratives on “Sampler” & “Souvenir” forms.
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Souvenir of Albany 1
Souvenir of Albany 2
Sampler Jug No. 7
(after Stubbs)
Sampler Jug No. 6
Fleurs.de.Sel’s New York (after Stubbs)
Sampler Jugs
Sampler Jugs, the pitcher, or âjugâ in the UK, is a prototypical transferware vessel. This series remixes patterns drawn from other New American Scenery motifs to create new, layered narratives within the series
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, Sampler Jug, No. 7 (After Stubbs)”, 2021, transfer print collage on pearlware jug, 15 x 14 x 11.75″.
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, Sampler Jug, No. 6, Fleurs.de.Sel’s New York (after Stubbs)”, 2021, transfer print collage on pearlware jug, 15 x 14 x 11.75″.
GUIDE
Paul Scottâs over-sized sampler jugs were inspired by historical transfer-printed jugs in museum collections. They were slip cast in Staffordshire using a mould that was developed from his drawings and photographs. Each is decorated with a selection of motifs â in the form of print decals from the New American Scenery series. He has described this jug as his most resolved example because it constitutes the most comprehensive sampling of border patterns and themes developed and explored throughout the whole series. The American Eagle motif that appears in several places was taken from the Spread Eagle motif used by the Staffordshire firm of Joseph Stubbs (active c1824â36).
There is a rationale for Scottâs treatment of every inch of surface. The first stage involves applying historical transfer-printed border designs as frames for selected imagery. He calls this âcreating an architecture … I do the neck,â he says, âI do the spout, I do the handle and then I create the spaces on the surface to infill with the graphic.â
Essay by Jo Dahn
Paul Scott, NAS Artwork Series Brochure, 2023, Pg 1
Paul Scott, NAS Artwork Series Brochure, 2023, Pg 4