One of British Ceramics’ Greats
Richard Batterham was an exceptional potter whose like only comes along very occasionally. In 1981, Crafts magazine (No. 33) published an article by Richard Batterham,
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Shells in Ceramics
Sebastian Blackie explores elusive answers to a simple question: who first used shells when firing their pots? When clay is heated to stoneware temperatures, in
Patterns for Production | Eric Ravilious
Ravilious’ ceramics for Wedgwood – not as well known, perhaps, as his fine and graphic art – have become a sort of holy grail for design collectors. They are applied design at its very best; quite rare and certainly rarefied.
Spontaneous Drawing
Geographically Clive Bowen seems more than appropriately sited as a potter – living and working at Shebbear, in the remoter Devon valleys near Great Torrington.
Lisa Hammond: Urban Potter
Each Lisa Hammond pot has a life of its own, its own sense of renewal. They all offer their own pleasures, an intimacy that adds
Akiko Hirai Getemono
My pots display a lot of marks and traces of past events. To describe them in a conventional and very simplified way, they are ‘dirty’
Sake and Ceramics
‘No blossoms and no moon And he is drinking sake all alone’ Haiku by Matsuo Bashō A love of nature, and of being part of
The Pleasures of Quiet Pots
‘I really hope that nothing I ever cook takes the attention away from any of Anne Mette’s work, but instead works with it, the two
Celadon
What colour do you see, when you look at the heart of this celadon pot by Svend Bayer? Between the scallop shells, where the warm,
A Unique Gift
The sureness of hand and eye gives the work a childlike spontaneity only mastered through years of experience. This is the third solo exhibition of
An Uncompromising Vision
Sometimes a thing in front of you is so big you don’t know whether to comprehend it by first getting a dim sense of the
The Art of Tea
‘Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of
Phil Rogers | Earthly Matters | Article
It was Mike Goldmark who introduced me to the work of Phil Rogers, at an exhibition at the gallery about fifteen years ago. As soon
An Embarrassment of Riches
But what he had achieved, agreed Gil Darby, late curator of ceramics at the Victoria & Albert Museum, matched the finest Sung Dynasty pottery held
Grace and Resolve | Lisa Hammond
What is a potter’s most valued resource? Is it her supplies, her equipment? The pounds she pays for a studio space? I wager most potters
The First Pot I Ever Bought | Mike Dodd
Those of you who are familiar with my book ‘An Autobiography of Sorts’ will know that the first essay I ever wrote was called ‘In
Pottery of Great Humanity
His work offers solace, not as something into which we may withdraw or retreat, but as a pottery that sustains through its form, through its
Ryotaro Kato and the Kobe Dynasty
A recent article described Ryotaro Kato as the ‘son of the seventh master of Kobe Kiln’. ‘Son of the seventh master’ – not the ‘eighth
Takeshi Yasuda: An Enduring Reputation
Takeshi Yasuda has established a remarkable and enduring reputation across the world as a potter and teacher of great imagination and integrity. Fifty years of
My Wood-Fired Kiln
‘I knew that one day I would have a wood-fired kiln’. Phil Rogers discusses the joy and the agony of firing studio pots with a wood-fired kiln.
Square Bottles by Anne Mette Hjortshøj
I don’t usually invent shapes or techniques: I like to understand those that people have made in generations before me. I think that’s what keeps