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Janet Adam Material: Stoneware; Technique: Thrown; Method: Electric
Website: www.adampottery.co.uk
Janet Adam's wheelthrown stoneware and porcelain covers a wide scale of form, size and function. A small range of traditional domestic ware is included alongside more decorative yet functional pieces. Delicate porcelain bowls and vases, abstract-patterned wall-plates, plant and flower containers, jugs and large pitchers are all made as "one-off" items. Frost-proof garden urns and planters are on a larger scale. The high-fired reduction glazes give colourful, individual results, making each piece a unique object. Commissions are welcomed. Located at 76 Henderson Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5BT, we are open all year round and there is no admission charge. Prices range from £5 to £750
Photograph: Planter. Approx 32x32cm.
Photograph: Jug. Ht 35cm.
Jane Barker Material: Other; Technique: Thrown; Method: Gas-fired
E-mail address: r.n.barker@abdn.ac.uk
All work is thrown stoneware or porcelain, reduction fired to 1280C in a self-built propane gas kiln. Glazes are celadons, picking up incising on porcelain, and tenmoku. Currently, I am using black and white slips, inlay and scraffitto, glaze reserved for interiors, and adding colour and textural contrasts to the matt and semi-matt finishes of the clay and slip.
Address:
"Courtin"
Barthol Chapel
Inverurie
Aberdeenshire AB51 8TD
Photographs:
1. Stoneware bowl 12" diameter. Black and white slips. scraffitto.
2. Stoneware bottle vases, 9 1/2", 8" and 6 1/2" high. Black and white slips, scraffitto.
3. Porcelain ovaled forms 7 1/2" and 5 1/2" high. Black slips, scraffitto inlay, paper resist and inlaid glaze.
Photograph: Stoneware bowl
Photograph: Stoneware bottle vases
Photograph: Porcelain ovaled forms
Ian Beamish Material: Earthenware; Technique: Other; Method: Electric
Website: www.thehousepottery.com
The House Pottery is run by Fife based potter Ian Beamish. He designs and makes pots and plaques with an architectural theme. All are carefully handmade using a combination of press moulding and modelling techniques using best quality clays and materials. Each pot and plaque is painted by hand using a combination of oxide/carbonate washes and vitrifying colours.
Ian produces unique pots and plaques that make excellent gifts for those seeking to give something original as a present. You will find items suitable for the home and garden.
The House Pottery is a private enterprise not a commercial business but his work is produced to professional standards and customers will enjoy a high quality of personal service.
Ian studied ceramics in the 1970s and then, as now, his inspiration comes from the built environment. Many pieces reflect his fascination with derelict and dilapidated buildings. Ian’s house pots frequently remind people of buildings they have known and loved themselves not just in recognisable physical appearance, but because the character and spirit of those places has been portrayed.
Photograph: Bath Series Pot
Photograph: Salford Series Pot
Photograph: London Series Pot
Alison Borthwick Material: Porcelain; Technique: Other; Method: Electric
Website: www.buchlyviepotteryshop.com
E-mail address: alisonborthwick@btinternet.com
Alison Borthwick studied ceramics and printmaking at Grays School of Art in Aberdeen fron 1978-82. She returned to Glasgow to set up her pottery full time in 1983. Here she designed and built up a wide range of porcelain giftware, tableware and luminous lamps before moving the workshop and opening the Pottery Shop in the picturesque village of Buchlyvie near Loch Lomond and the Trossachs.
Alison herself creates the plaster models and moulds from which the products originate. Each new piece is hand turned on a lathe or wheel and polished until like marble. Case and working moulds are then made and dried before ready for use. Items are slipcast, fettled and sponged. After the bisque firing the pieces are wet polished or glazed before the decoration is applied.
Using a variety of techniques, largely inspired by Japanese painting and brushstrokes plus sensitive but striking use of colour, each piece is painted by hand then fired to a final temperature of 1270 C producing the unique and translucent finish.
As well as doing highly detailed work for artist Christine Borland, we now produce a very successful range of blue and white tableware, quirky handbuit dishes, wall fish, commemorative pieces and beautifully painted tile panels.
The shop and workshop are open plan allowing the customer the opportunity to meet the potters and watch them work (mixed blessing!)
We also stock ranges of pottery from some of the best makers in Britain and Ireland. Plus handmade silver jewellery and designer cards to complete the gift!
Photograph: Blue grass tableware
Val Burns Material: Stoneware; Technique: Other; Method: Other
Website: www.culrosspottery.com
E-mail address: newsletter@scottishpotters.org
Val handbuilds large pots for the home environment - such as platters, vases and planters - many of which feature laminated clay in the design. Made to be strong yet light in weight, the pots are decorated with slips (often copper, iron or manganese) and finished with a matt crystalline glaze. The decoration of this work is much influenced by echoes of the natural environment and the subtle effects of camouflage.
Throwing on the wheel in Culross Pottery’s workshop space, Val also makes a range of stoneware vessels, preferring shapes with clean lines, simply glazed in cool modern colours. These include a variety of mugs and jugs, with dishes, bowls and vases.
Val’s latest work is available at Culross Pottery & Gallery in Fife, and she regularly exhibits at other galleries in Fife and around the Edinburgh area.
Photograph: forest light platter
Photograph: shadow planter
Photograph: seashore vase - thrown
tom butcher Material: Stoneware; Technique: Sculpted; Method: Gas-fired
Website: www.mansefieldstudios.com
Various forms of living and natural matter inspire Tom Butcher’s work. The sculptural forms he creates represent an abstracted interpretation of research into organic growth and forms: from the architecture of insects to gneiss rock found on the North West Coast of Scotland. Tom employs several innovative processes to produce pieces of varying proportion and fragility, in an effort to push the boundaries of traditional ceramic making techniques.
Tom’s studio is on the shores of Loch Long, Scotland, surrounded by the inspirational scenery of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.
In his range of ‘Convoluted Bowls’, Tom uses a variety of clay bodies and base materials to produce a number of textures and finishes, from the purity and delicate nature of porcelain and bone china, to the gritty coarseness of heavily grogged crank and t-material. He has taken the textural, linear qualities of wool, rope and twines, and used them to describe the surface of his forms. Tom has also experimented with the inherent colours of various clays to produce a series of tonal monochromatic pieces. The colours used are fundamentally derived from those found in nature.
The ‘Monolith’ range was initially inspired by the architecture of , as well as gneiss – a granite-like rock specific to the coast of Sutherland, Scotland. Tom has refined and abstracted these forms to create subtle and delicate monolithic objects. The ‘monlithic’ pieces are hand built using a variety of stoneware clays and porcelain, hand polished or glazed , and reduction fired.
Photograph: stoneware ovolo
Photograph: reduction fired monolith
Photograph: set of three convoluted crank bowls
Alice Buttress Material: Stoneware; Technique: Thrown; Method: Electric
Website: www.carrbridgestudios.com
Carrbridge Artists Studio
Main Street (Gallery)
Station Road (Workshop)
Carrbridge
Cairngorm National Park.
Tel: 01479 841328 or 841247
Designs ancient and modern are reflected in the exclusive range of Pottery, Sculptures and Jewellery which is handthrown, handbuilt or sculpted from stoneware or porcelain clay, then glaze and fired in the kiln.
Alices exciting range of work includes:
Pottery - decorative and functional bowls and vases etc.
Sculpture - Anything from small cats, owls and dragons to traditional busts and figures.
Porcelain Jewellery - Fine porcelain glazed in beautiful colours and finished with sterling silver fittings.
Raku - Bowls, pots and sculpture raku fired to give unique effects.
Alice sells mainly from Carrbridge Artist Studio, which she shares with Artist Husband Jeff. but also participates in various exhibitions - commsions undertaken.
Photograph: floodplains - 17'' dia. high fired crank clay
Diane Cassidy Material: ; Technique: ; Method:
Scott Chisholm Material: n/a; Technique: n/a; Method: Electric
E-mail address: skauwt@msn.com
At the moment I'm a student hoping to get my own small studio together i base my work on the place i'm from and things around me, i'm hoping to mix wrought iron stained glass and ceramics together in the future for a number of different combinations,also ive been messing about fish tank designs from ceramic and started making ceramic items for aquariums too something ive always wanted to do and have only recently started.
Photograph: discus cone
Photograph: goblets stages
Ruth Colston Cone 9 Ceramics Material: ; Technique: ; Method:
Website: www.cone9ceramics.co.uk
Cone 9 Ceramics exhibits one of the largest selections of handmade, British studio ceramics and pottery in Scotland; alongside some of the leading UK designer jewellers and artists. As well as maintaining a unique range of contemporary domestic and decorative ceramics, Cone 9 also hosts exhibitions of progressive wall art and ceramic sculpture.
Cone 9 Ceramics was founded in North Berwick, Scotland, by Ruth Colston in 2005 aged just 26. She is the daughter of Andrew Appleby, a well established and highly successful potter working in Orkney, Scotland. So, she was weaned on the sights and smells of a working pottery! Ruth is also the niece of Malcolm Appleby, the world renowned engraver and goldsmith.
The ethos of the business is to support British studio ceramicists and promote them through a dedicated, contemporary and stylish showcase. We aim to inform and entice the Scottish populous and to remain, selective, progressive and unique within the arts and interiors market.
In recognition of her determination, commercial success and contribution to her industry, Ruth Colston was awarded Young Business Person of the Year 2007, for the Edinburgh region; coming runner up in the Scottish National heats. Not only was this great personal recognition, but also helps highlight the business potential within arts as a whole and ceramics in particular.
Photograph: Ruth at The Scottish National Young Business Person of the Year Awards 2007
Photograph: Jug and Goblets By Andrew Appleby, Fursbreck Pottery, Orkney
Photograph: Smoke Fired Horse By April Young
NORTHUMBRIAN CRAFT POTTERY Material: Stoneware; Technique: Thrown; Method: Gas-fired
Website: www.northumbriancraftpottery.co.uk/
Northumbrian craft pottery was established in 1987, it is a partnership between Andrew M. Harding and Michael Palmer who are keen throwers and have a passion for reduced fired stoneware. For many years they have specialised in sprigs for promotional and tourist outlets, and have developed numerous ranges of domestic ware, which are dishwasher and oven proof.
The latest range is in a copper red glaze on a white stoneware body; giving some amazing result’s. Colour’s have ranged from deep red fading to white or the red may vanish altogether or turn a muddy brown. They are currently in the process of developing new ranges and individually designed pieces in different materials, such as porcelain, which hopefully will be better suited to one off commissions and pieces for gallery’s and exhibitions .
Unit 7 backworth business park
Station road
Backworth
North Tyneside
NE27 ORT
tel/fax 0191 2160820
Photograph: copper red
Photograph: duckegg blue
Photograph: sprig detail
Suzanne Davis Material: Earthenware; Technique: Other; Method: Electric
Vessels are handbuilt using coils in both earthenware and stoneware clays. The designs, colours and organic nature of the forms are inspired by a life-long bond with the sea...in Bermuda where I was born and in northeast Scotland where I now live. Sizes range from 20 to 45cm in height.
The assemblage pieces reflect an interest in Aboriginal cultural art and are made with rolled clay decorated with metal oxides. Free-mounted or sandstone grouted fragments are brought together to form a picture.
Contact:
New Fargie Farmhouse
New Fargie
Glenfarg
Perthshire PH2 9QT
Telephone: 01577-830007
Photograph: earthenware vessel -eddies
Photograph: fragments II
Fiona Duckett Material: Earthenware; Technique: Thrown; Method: Gas-fired
Website: www.watergaw.com
E-mail address: fiona@watergaw.com
Watergaw Ceramics Studio and Gallery
4 Chapel Street
Whitehills, Banff.
AB45 2NB Telephone 01261 861090
At Watergaw Ceramics I specialise in a technique called In Glaze Reduction Lustre using a range of glazes I have developed myself. pieces are either thrown, handbuilt or slipcast and sometimes a combination of at least two of the techniques mentioned. The pieces made are mostly inspired by the reflective colour and movement found in water and are decorative pieces for the domestic environment with functionality in the form of vases, candlesticks and bowls.
As well as making my own pottery I run weekly classes along with Brian Cook Shand. We run the classes in sessions of six weeks at a time and all levels are welcome.
Photograph: Multi lustre vases
Photograph: Multi lustre dish and vases
Photograph: Close up lustre leaf bowl
Diana Ferrari Material: Stoneware; Technique: Slab-built; Method: Gas-fired
E-mail address: jimandmave@btinternet.com
Coil Bowls and vases
Hand made dishes and vases formed using the ancient technique of coil pottery. Large coils of clay are applied a layer at a time, smoothed and moulded by hand using hand held tools, the pot is then left to harden and strengthen enough to allow the weight of the next coil. Due to the hardening process necessary between each coil and the essential slow drying the larger vases can take six or more weeks to complete.
Slab vases
Slab vases are created by cutting two-dimensional forms from the thinly rolled out slabs of clay. These are then teased into gently curving shapes, creating three-dimensional forms. Extra clay can then be added at this point for additional decoration.
Clay, glazes and firing
Unusual gritty stoneware clay is used, giving a lovely rough earthy texture. The artist makes most of the glazes, all of the finished ware has been fired up to 1270 degrees C in a reduction atmosphere using a gas fired kiln. The reduction process starves the kiln of oxygen at specific points in the firing cycle, causing the flame to search for oxygen from within the chemical structure of the clay and glazes. Flashes of colour, speckles and a general enriching of the finished glazes are achieved. Due to the organic nature of the flame, thickness of the glaze, and deliberate variations in the firing cycle, each firing produces slightly different patterns and colours. The quality of the stoneware clay and the high firing temperature gives strength to the finished article.
Photograph: Coil Pot
Photograph: Coil Pot
Photograph: Coil Pot
Marianne Finlayson Material: Stoneware; Technique: Thrown; Method: Electric
Website: www.MariannesPottery.co.uk
I am originally from France, where I trained in ceramic decoration at the Lycée Ganeron in Paris for three years, and was then apprenticed to two professional potters for a further year.
For the past eleven years I have been living in Stow, where I work in the old howff, which I have gradually been converting into a studio.
I now produce a distinctive style of stoneware pottery that takes its theme from the Scottish Borders countryside where I live, with an appliqué technique applied to traditional forms. My sheep range has become a favourite with tourists and collectors alike, while my depictions of Eyemouth harbour are drawn from the more coastal areas. My work includes table and kitchenware, candle sconces, mirrors, earring holders and decorative framed tiles.
I sell mainly through craft and trade fairs, exhibitions, and a number of shops throughout Scotland, and directly to individuals worldwide through the Internet. I also enjoy making one-off pieces for galleries and private commissions.
Over the last seven years I have taken part in founding, setting up and running the Crafters co-operative in Melrose, the only one in the Borders. The co-operative is now a well-established thriving concern, with members from a wide variety of different craft backgrounds.
Photograph: Some recent pieces
Photograph: Eyemouth Harbour key holder
Photograph: Tealight holder
Alan Freestone Material: Stoneware; Technique: Thrown; Method: Gas-fired
Website: www.uigpottery.co.uk
Uig Pottery is a small family business set up by Alan Freestone in the early 1990s. Most of Alan's work is hand thrown and decorated in a unique way using the surrounding land and sea scape as inspiration.
Photograph: sea view shell slab
Photograph: decanter and goblet
Photograph: casserole dish
Alan Gaff Material: Stoneware; Technique: Thrown; Method: Wood-fired
Website: www.argyllpottery.co.uk
E-mail address: alan@argyllpottery.co.uk
Argyll Pottery, Barcaldine, By Oban, Argyll.
PA37 1SQ Tel 01631 720503
After a summer job at Appin Pottery in 1978 I was fortunate enough to be Apprenticed 1979-1984 to Joe Finch, proprietor of Appin Pottery including 6 months under Ray Finch M,B,E. (Joe's father) at Winchcombe Pottery (1980).
1984-1987 Worked as Joe's assistant for a year then he and his wife Trudi, decided to move to Wales, I managed Appin Pottery for him until they wanted to move to a larger place and so had to sell Appin to realise this. Rather than move to Wales myself I decided to set up on my own and so ended up just down the road in Barcaldine.
1988 to now- I set up Argyll Pottery employing two assistants, we have been known to take on the odd student part time for the summer months.
The ceramics we produce are mainly hand thrown on the wheel, including a full range of raw glazed, wood fired domestic ware and some more individual pieces. All the pots on display are made on the premises; most are thrown using our stoneware clay, some contemporary pieces are made from our porcelain body. The pots are fired to a temperature of 1300`C in our 65cf wood burning kiln. Argyll Pottery is situated by the southern shore of Loch Creran 8 miles north of Oban on the main (A828) Fort William road. Occasional exhibitions, some commission’s undertaken. For more details see website.
SHOWROOM OPEN - 10am-6pm Week days. - 2pm-5pm Saturdays.
ALL YEAR ROUND.
Photograph: Group of Large Pots (+1ptGoblets)GraniteGlaze&Woodfired
Photograph: TulipVases Graniteglaze WoodFired.
Photograph: Tall Jug 35cm RutileGlaze & Woodfired.
Erika Gasser Material: ; Technique: ; Method:
Sandra Gorrara Material: Stoneware; Technique: Slab-built; Method: Electric
Website: www.heart-designs.co.uk
E-mail address: sandra@heart-designs.co.uk
The hand-built stoneware work that I make is fired in an electric kiln. My work is influenced by many things; the textures on the beaches & rocks; the Red Moss area in which I live; the farmed fields that surround my home
Photograph: Blue platters
Photograph: Heart Clocks
Photograph: Field Edge Platter
lynda gray Material: ; Technique: ; Method: Electric
Website: http//:smallchillie.mysite.orange.co.uk
Photograph: Spacedog
Photograph: Riverstone
Monica Griesbaum Material: Earthenware; Technique: Sculpted; Method: Electric
E-mail address: Cherrytreepotter@aol.com
My ceramics are all individually hand-built pieces. I am inspired by form and colour, life and change and emotional well being.
Commisions welcome.
Photograph: cherry 2
Photograph: Hearts
Photograph: cherry and green
Steve Hay Material: Stoneware; Technique: Thrown; Method: Electric
An interested amateur member of SPA, of many years evening classes, working to amuse myself when my full time job leaves some spare time. I enjoy reading about and seeing other makers' work, professional and amateur. I only have limited facilities of my own - clay, wheel and hobby kiln - but I really enjoy the escape of my grown up "mud pie reveries" and the simple pleasures and frustrations of creating with clay. I have run out of relations and sympathetic friends, so any usable output goes to charity shops.
Steve Hay Material: ; Technique: ; Method:
Karen James Material: Other; Technique: Sculpted; Method: Electric
Website: www.freewebs.com/karenjamesceramics
E-mail address: mudflail@hotmail.com
Recent work exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama was inspired by students’ performances. It has afforded me the opportunity to diversify from 3 D, sculptural female forms (‘fleshpots’-‘plump, curvaceous nudes’), to 2 D, wall-hung ceramics. My fleshpots serve to explore colour, movement and form, whereas these new pieces allow me freedom to play with texture, materials and technique as well as composition.
I make my own paperclay, fire to cone 01 and finish with oil pastels.
Based in Glasgow, my work is exhibited throughout Scotland.
(0141) 639-9026
Photograph: Clarsach
Photograph: Song
Photograph: You Spin Me
Ruth Elizabeth Jones Material: Stoneware; Technique: Thrown; Method: Electric
Website: www.ruthelizabethjones.com
Two distinct ranges are available.
Gallery pieces consisting of one-off work including thrown sculptural oval bowls fired to stoneware and decorated with a gold metalic finish and sculptural ammonite forms either smoke-fired and suitable for in- doors only or decorated with metalic oxides, fired to stoneware and suitable for the house and garden.
Hand thrown ceramics. This range is hand-thrown on a traditional kick wheel and reflects Ruth's interest in ancient ceramic forms. Decorated with specially prepared orange, deep blue, olive and warm honey glazes and fired to earthenware.
Influences include Beaker pottery, Moravian and Bohemian antiquities, Romano-British and Medieval ceramics and Staffordshire slipware. Forms include tea-bowls, dishes, jugs, urns, platters, and amphora.
Photograph: Gold Bowl
Photograph: Smoke-fired Ammonite
Photograph: Earthenware Jugs
Daniel Kavanagh Material: Earthenware; Technique: Thrown; Method: Electric
Website: www.danielkavanagh.com
Daniel works from his studio workshop in Glenferness on the edge of the Cairngorm National Park, where he produces ceramic work and bronze sculpture.
Daniel draws his inspiration from the beauty and isolation of the Highland landscape that surrounds his home.
Themes in his work consider the presence and signifigance of the human form, among the powerful open landscape, as well as the natural light that is so unique to the mountainous Highlands.
Daniel builds his ceramic vessels in either red or white earthenware clay; using tradtional throwing and coiling techniques. The flowing forms and surface finish that he creates in his work illuminates the richness and brightness of the natural landscape.
Daniel currently is exploring the use of earthy glazes, crackles and bright lustres within some of his thrown work,which reflects the light and colours of the countryside.
Daniel has a small gallery space adjacent to his studio which is open all year round by appointment or please visit the website for more details on Open studio weeks.
Daniel welcomes commissions
Milltown
Glenferness
Nairnshire
IV125UP
01309651233
Photograph: Antique Blue Teapot
Jessamy Kelly Material: Porcelain; Technique: Other; Method: Electric
My work as a freelance designer-maker, informs my creative process when making my sculptural pieces in glass and ceramics. The qualities of the materials when light passes through them to reveal inner luminosity inspires my work. My studio work is based on the handcrafted sensitivity of craft practice; inspired by organic and naturally repeating forms. My work is usually blown or kiln cast in glass or slip cast in ceramics. Minimal amounts of cutting are used working with the simplicity of the form to create a soft sensitive aesthetic. Diamond cutting and sandblasting machinery are used to sculpt the pieces. My work shows balance, precision and great delicacy.
I am currently studying towards my PhD at the University of Sunderland., which is an investigation into the combination of glass and ceramics in studio practice. Examining the inherent material qualities of glass and ceramics and the way that light reveals the luminous nature of the materials. My work is concerned with the idea of translating the crossovers that occur between the materials. Glass and ceramics are materials with many common qualities. They are both made in similar ways, and transformed into functional objects, but it is the materials transparency and translucency and their reaction to light that intrigues me to create my sculptural work.
Photograph: Balanced
Jane Kelly Material: Stoneware; Technique: Thrown; Method: Gas-fired
Website: www.kosmoid.net/pottery
Raised in New Zealand and London, I trained as a potter at Wimbledon, Norwich and Medway Colleges of Art under Tony Gant, David White, Colin Metcalfe, Peter Phillips, Siddig el Ngoumi and others. Within a few years of moving north to Portobello with my growing Scots family, I established a studio pottery in the centre of Penicuik.
In Edinburgh in the mid seventies I first set up pottery classes for adults at Cannonball House and taught there and at Infirmary Street for thirty years; I also teach regularly from my Penicuik pottery and at the Garvald community. But in many schools and art colleges the teaching of pottery has been brought to an end, and indigenous pottery manufacture becomes harder and harder to find.
Enthusiasm among lovers of craft pottery is strong in Scotland and New Zealand. With annual summer schools and occasional special pottery events at my Valleyfield House studio in Penicuik, I also exhibit each November at Penicuik Arts Centre and have shown with Scottish Potters at Broughton, Dunfermline, Glasgow, Nairn, Stirling, Perth and Milngavie.
I concentrate on thrown pots: useful wares like jugs, teapots, mugs, cups, plates and bowls, saltshakers and butterdishes. Unusual recent commissions include Dalhousie Castle Hotel and the Traverse Theatre.
Photograph: mariner's teapot
Photograph: biscuit jars drying
Photograph: copper glazed jug
Ludmilla Kosmina Material: Stoneware; Technique: Sculpted; Method: Electric
Website: www.LK-ceramics.fsnet.co.uk
E-mail address: LKosmina@aol.com
I design and create one-off ceramic sculptures of people with humorous qualities, all of which capture the observed essence of human behaviour. Each piece is hand made. The pieces are made using crank clay, glazed and fired in electric kiln to 1260 ºC. All pieces are unique in both form and personality, I try to capture the personality rather than make an exact representation. Inspiration stems from observing people around me - during holidays, concerts, meetings, shopping, and during travel.
Photograph: Highlander
Photograph: Photograph 2
Photograph: Photograph 3
Patricia Ledwith Material: Stoneware; Technique: Other; Method: Electric
Website: www.brorapottery.co.uk
After a long career working in medical science and community education Pat finally had the opportunity to develop her interest in ceramics when she and her husband moved to the West Coast of Scotland. Now living in Brora, Pat hand builds pots in stoneware that are heavily influenced by the textures, shapes and colours of the coastal landscape of Sutherland.
Photograph: Open work bowl
Photograph: Stormy sea plaque
Photograph: 'Tern around' bowl
Anne Lightwood Material: Porcelain; Technique: Other; Method: Other
E-mail address: anne@lightwood368.freeserve.co.uk
My work uses varied clays, primarily porcelain or paperclay made with porcelain slip which is used for large scale murals and wall panels as well as platters and smaller dishes.
Current work makes use of strong colour and pattern; decorating methods include spraying, stencils, screen printing & brushwork. Some murals also include areas of textured relief which can be felt by the visually impaired.
Wall pieces frequently consist of a series of panels linked by theme but each individually composed. The feeling is contemporary, abstract, often using imagery from flags, or symbols seen in everyday life and understood without words. The work is high fired and usually waxed and burnished with little use of glaze.
Tile designs are hand painted with themes to suit clients’ specifications.
These are in earthenware, with coloured glazes using manufactured bisque tiles which can be incorporated easily into standard ranges in areas ranging from small panels of a few tiles to entire walls.
Author of Working with Paperclay and other Additives published by Crowood Press in 2000.
6 Lade Braes
St Andrews
KY16 9ET
01334 476388
Photograph: Leaf
Photograph: Harbour
Photograph: Plate
Maggie Longstaff Material: Stoneware; Technique: Sculpted; Method: Electric
E-mail address: maggie@longstaff606.wanadoo.co.uk
ROSLIN GLEN CERAMICS
Murryfield, Roslin Glen, Roslin, Midlothian
Tel:0131 4402228
Visit by appointment only.
The Pottery was established ib 1980 by Maggie Longstaff.
Roslin Glen Pottery works (ceramic pictures) are sold through Scottish Potters Association exhibitions, joint exhibitions with fellow potters and galleries. Private commissions are also accepted
How The Ceramics Are Produced:
A design first drawn on paper is transferred to a slab of clay through indentation by retracing the drawing onto the surface of rolled out leather- hard clay.
The resulting clay imprint is cut up into seperate pieces in sympathy with the design. Decoration in relief is sometimes applied using coils of clay.
The work is bisque fired, then glaze fired several times at different temperatures with a range of artistic glazes and enamels. The picture is fixed to a wooden board, framed and grouted.
Photograph:
Photograph: Female Choir
Photograph: By the Sea Shore
Fran Marquis-Faulkes Material: Porcelain; Technique: Sculpted; Method: Electric
Website: www.erehwon.org.uk
I graduated in Ceramics and Photography from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in 2000 and completed a Masters in Fine Art at Grays school of Art in Aberdeen in 2005. I run evening classes in ceramics at Grays, have done some projects in hospitals and am currently running 3 community arts projects with schools in Aberdeen. I am also editor of the Scottish Potters Association Newsletter.
My own recent work relates to art "on the edge" in inter-tidal spaces and the wilder areas of Scotland. Porcelain is textured by the landscape: worn wood, leaves, rocks and sometimes found man-made items, are included with printed marks. Recent work with others: a driftwood sculptor and a print-maker has expanded my visual “vocabulary”. I have exhibited in galleries around Scotland including 5 exhibitions with “The Mix” a group of artists who all graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in Dundee as graduate or postgraduate students.
Photograph: beach mandala
Photograph: wood memories
Photograph: winter wonder
Hannah McAndrew Material: Earthenware; Technique: Thrown; Method: Electric
Website: www.thebarmpottery.co.uk
My work is predominantly thrown using red earthenware clay. I use two ancient techniques of decoration on my work – slip trailing and sgraffito. I make functional pots because I enjoy seeing my work being used and enjoyed, all my pieces are created to be useful and at the same time beautiful to look at and to use. I am fascinated and thrilled by constantly developing the skills and techniques of my craft. I am particularly focussed on making pots that are of a very high quality and that perform their jobs to a very high standard. Pottery has the potential to outlast and survive many generations and I believe that as it has this ability it is my duty to use every bit of care and skill that I have available to me when I create something from clay.
My range includes mugs and jugs, plates and bowls, casserole dishes and teapots and so on and I am constantly expanding this. The decoration is based on natural patterns and textures as well as on traditional folk arts from around the world, from pottery, textiles and metal work. I take inspiration from the vegetation around me and my love of the outdoors. Inspiration can come from anywhere and I am always on the look out for new ideas. I also love to create commemorative pieces for special occasions.
www.hannahmcandrew.blogspot.com
Photograph: Slip trail Birdie Casserole.Detail
Photograph: Sgraffito oak and daisy jugs
Photograph: Slip trail plate with text
graham mcvitie Material: Stoneware; Technique: Other; Method: Electric
For the past six years, after a long period teaching, I have spent time in my workshop at Frostineb, making mostly ceramics, pots and some sculpture, tending the garden and doing more or less what I like.
My pots are hand built using a crank mixture clay body. The decoration, modelled in relief, is frequently on botanical themes taken from the garden and local landscapes. I use metal oxide(s) employing a wash-and -wipe technique for added colour and depth and fire the completed works to stoneware temperatures, currently in an electric kiln. Returning to propane fired kiln this year
The final pieces are suitable for indoor or out door use; they make ideal Patio or Conservatory pots. They are sturdy pots being weather proof and frost resistant. Freezing temperatures, though, do expand the damp compost in planters which in turn can cause damage. Planters may be brought in for the Winter as a precaution.
Photograph: Hosta Pot 58cm tall
Photograph: Cardoon Pot 100cm tall
Photograph: Wide brim (snowdrops)
Pauline Muir Material: ; Technique: ; Method:
Anne Murray Material: Stoneware; Technique: Thrown; Method: Electric
Website: www.cottage-gallery.com
E-mail address: anne.murray@cottage-gallery.com
Anne is currently studying part time at Glasgow School of Art.
She works mainly in stoneware on the wheel, however the course is allowing her to explore other methods of claywork.
Anne and her husband are currently setting up the Cottage Gallery and workshop. Once complete, visitors will be welcome by appointment.
She's currently working on undulating thrown forms that explore line, shape and light.
Photograph: Looking within
Photograph: Exploring line and light
Photograph: Movement and light
Dawn Newbigging Material: Stoneware; Technique: Thrown; Method: Electric
I started Mersington Pottery in 2007 after studying ceramics at Newcastle College.
I make a range of work for galleries and private clients; domestic ware, sculptural pieces and handmade tiles.
I am currently working on thrown and altered stoneware dishes, drawing inspiration from coastal ephemera. I add texture, imprint and attach detail to the piece then float glass in the base on the final firing, giving the impression of a rock pool. Each piece is individual and as I experiment with new ideas the work is fresh and constantly evolving.
The domestic ware has drawn detail and an oxide wash giving it a painterly feel.
I also make handmade tiles in various organic designs, taking inspiration from my garden and the Borders landscape.
Photograph: Shell & Glass Dish
Photograph: Array of Tiles
Veronica Newman Material: Porcelain; Technique: Thrown; Method: Electric
Website: www.veronicanewman.co.uk
E-mail address: veronica@veronicanewman.co.uk
Veronica Newman specialises in fine handthrown porcelain that exploits the delicacy and translucency of the clay. As well as individual translucent bowls and vases, Veronica makes domestic ware including mugs, jugs, teapots and dinner sets in various designs and makes 1/12th scale dolls’ house pots. Commissions are welcome.
Decoration uses slips and oxides which are sponged, slip-trailed or marbled. The different ranges include bowls and vases with altered rims that echo flower shapes, and pots with coloured clay overlaid to give effects reminiscent of the Moray Firth landscape seen from her workshop. Others have layers of sponged slips and oxides that reflect the colours of the seasons. Fired in an electric kiln, most pots are fully glazed and a few are lustred.
A leading archaeologist’s daughter, Veronica is influenced by ancient Greek pottery and she researches the production of Mycenaean and Minoan vases and stirrup jars. She is fascinated by natural and man-made patterns and inspired by the changing colours of the Scottish landscape.
Veronica started working in earthenware before changing to porcelain. She sells from her workshop near Nairn and in selected shops and galleries. She has exhibited with the Scottish Potters Association since 1982 and at Potfest Scotland since 1998.
Wester Golford
Moyness
Auldearn
NAIRN
IV12 5QQ
Telephone 01309 641203
Fax 01309 641149
Photograph: Handthrown Porcelain Bowl with carved rim
Photograph: Handthrown Porcelain Vase with carved rim
Photograph: Handthrown Landscape Vases with coloured clay
anna Olson Material: Other; Technique: Other; Method: Electric
After completing a National Certificate in Ceramic Art in the Environment I was accepted onto the Ceramic Degree course at the Glasgow School of Art in 2005. As timing would have it I became pregnant and have put the studying on hold to concentrate on being mum.
During my studies I focused mainly on making hand-built sculptural pieces, fascinated with contradictions and contrasts and with elements of the natural world, especially the sea. Projects that I would like to develop in the future. Also, I would like to explore further the role of photography, where the completed ceramic piece becomes part of the creative process.
Since moving to Crieff in 2005 I have worked with Len Whatley at Crieff Ceramics and have set up a workshop at home.
At present I am developing my throwing skills and hope in the not-too-distant future to be producing appealing tableware. Bring on the clay and glaze tests! As many as a two year old child will allow anyway.
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Emma Pattullo Material: Earthenware; Technique: Other; Method: Electric
Website: http://platform22gallery.blogspot.com
Emma Pattullo (nee Croker Poole) - London born, Emma studied at Wimbledon School of Art (1999), and at Bristol (1990 - 93) before moving to Aberdeenshire, where she now lives and works from her studio gallery Platform 22 in Torphins.
Inspired by her children & the Scottish landscape, Emma enjoys hand building in earthenware clay using texture‚ engobes and lustre’s to create richly coloured‚ decorative and tactile pieces. Her ceramics is constantly evolving resulting in a wide range of ceramics, varing from functional to sculptural. As well as making commemorative wares and hand painted tiles to commission.
Emma teaches pottery workshops and one to one intensive courses from her studio gallery, schools and art groups/centres around Aberdeenshire, for beginners to intermediate level.
Situated in the beautiful surroundings of Royal Deeside, Emma has a small bright studio gallery Platform 22, that is open on Saturdays 10am-5pm & Sundays 2-5pm or by appointment on weekdays.
Photograph: River Flow Platter
Photograph: Platter
Photograph: Girl
FINDHORN POTTERY Material: ; Technique: ; Method:
Honor Reid Material: Stoneware; Technique: Thrown; Method: Electric
E-mail address: honor@pottereid.demon.co.uk
'Claypottery'
A studio pottery where unique, functional stoneware items are for sale. As this is a working studio there may be times when it is not easy to welcome visitors,so please telephone to avoid disappointment. Tel:01738 812393
Travel from Perth towards Bridge of Earn on the A912 for approx 1 1/2 miles and look for the gap in the wall!
Gateside Farm Cottage
Bridge of Earn,
Perthshire PH2 8QR
Photograph: Goblets
Photograph: Stoneware Vase - Copper glaze
Photograph: Stoneware Rice Bowl - Copper glaze
Philip Revell Material: Stoneware; Technique: Thrown; Method: Wood-fired
Website: www.philip-revell-pottery.co.uk
E-mail address: philip@templelands.freeserve.co.uk
27 High Street,
Dunbar,
East Lothian, EH42 1EN
Tel. 01368 863211
My aim is to make a range of functional stoneware that can be enjoyed in everyday use. Almost all pots are thrown, mostly on a ‘Leach’ type kick wheel. Most of my glazes make use of local clays and wood ash as major ingredients. All pots are fired in a two-chamber, wood-fired, climbing kiln.
My showroom is open at any time by arrangement.
For details of intensive throwing courses and evening classes, please see my website.
Photograph: tenmoku glaze jugs
Photograph: Soda glaze teapot
Photograph: woodfired bottle
Rachel Jayne Rogers Material: Stoneware; Technique: Other; Method: Electric
Website: www.racheljaynerogers.co.uk
Rachel studied ceramics at Duncan of Jordanstone college of Art in Dundee. Graduating in 1995 with B Des (hons). Since then she has set up a successful workshop in her garden.
Rachel lives and works in Glasgow, where she makes handbuilt coiled pieces both porcelain and stoneware clay, everything from giant vases to tiny pieces of jewellery. Another branch of her work takes her to the other end of the scale with slipcast pieces which explore the purity of porcelain.
Photograph: Ceramic wall
Photograph: Blue and pink bowl
Photograph: Tree vases
Patricia Shone Material: Earthenware; Technique: Other; Method: Raku
Website: www.patriciashone.co.uk
I have lived on Skye for 10 years and love the colours and forms of the land and its climate.
My work is concerned with how we live within the landscape. The pots I make, how they stand on a surface, the space they occupy, help me to make sense of my own place in the world. I try to develop work that is expressive of my life and myself.
The pots are made by coiling and press moulding. Scraping reveals textures in the clay, which I develop with applications of slip. This year I have been experimenting with oxidation firings which allows me to bring a wider palette of colour into the work. I use an iron oxide collected from the algal bloom of a local spring which gives the work a physical connection to the landscape.
I use an oildrum kiln to raku fire with post firing reduction in mixtures of sawdust seaweed and peat.
You are welcome to visit the the workshop, but do phone in advance as I might be walking the dog.
Photograph: Spiral cone pot,
Photograph: Small slit stones,
Photograph: 3 spiralling pots
Nicola Sinclair Material: Earthenware; Technique: Other; Method: Electric
Website: www.sinclairceramics.co.uk
I produce unique handmade sculptures and clocks. All of my designs are made using a variety of hand building techniques including, coiling, pinching and slab-building. This makes every piece unique as everything turns out very differently even when I use the same design.
I mainly use Earthenware and Crank clays, both of which I fire using an electric kiln.
I take my inspiration from all of my surroundings, I like to try and see unique qualities to things we see in our every day lives and turn these qualities into unusual sculptures. I like people to decide for themselves what my designs represent as this can be very unique to the individual, I love to hear people say ‘That reminds me of….’ or ‘ It makes me think of….’; it’s very rewarding to get such a reaction from people. My prices range from around £20-£200.
Photograph: Sway
Photograph: Life
Photograph: Patchwork
Julia Smith Material: Earthenware; Technique: Slab-built; Method: Electric
Website: www.deepfired.net
I enjoy working collaboratively with schools and community groups to create artworks for their environments. Tiles are condusive to this way of working with many small parts coming together to make a whole. I welcome private and public commissions for interior or exterior spaces. I use earthenware, stoneware, glass and concrete and I am always looking for interesting processes to experiment with.
Photograph: Giffnock Primary School Mural
Photograph: Giffnock Primary Mural detail
Photograph: Bibi's cantina handmade basin
Susan Snyder Material: Earthenware; Technique: ; Method: Electric
Website: www.susannaitaliana.com
In crafting this painted maiolica pottery, I use the Italian methods I learned while in Faenza. It is very important to me to continue this centuries old tradition. I love the colors that became the ideal palette in the late 1400’s: bright yellow, burnt sienna, cobalt blue, weathered copper green and brown, and I find inspiration in the elaborate floral, fruit, celestial, animal, and geometric designs from a broader time span of 13th-16th century Italy. I also stay true to myself, creating my own whimsical pottery with contemporary, light-hearted themes and further expanding upon timeless Italian motifs and designs by applying them in different formats and onto a variety of forms not typical for the time period in which they were originally created.
I am based at the WASPS studios in Aberdeen and am open by appointment only.
I offer private lessons for throwing and maiolica painting and group classes at Dab Hand Ceramics.
Please call 01224 631055 or 07944 339551 for more information.
Photograph: Leopard Plate
Photograph: Cinghiale Bella
Photograph: Cinghiale con Tagliatelle
Morag Sutherland Material: Earthenware; Technique: Other; Method: Electric
Website: www.moragsutherland.co.uk
My work is how I see people, their eccentricities and quirks brought to the forefront and then positioned in everyday life.
My figures are all individuals and within the clay surface are framents of drawings and hints of text - these are a clue to the person within.
All pieces are hand bulit from a grogged white earthenware and then using a secret(!) recipe of paperclay, the intricate parts are modelled. All pieces have at least 2 glaze firings to ensure a depth of colour. Finally, lustres and ceramic transfers are the finishing touches.
I am based at:
Braeside Cottage
Drumwhindle
Ellon
Aberdeenshire
AB41 8PH
or call me at home on
01358 761 383
07800 535 211
littlemorag@hotmail.com
Photograph: Washer Woman
Photograph: Brickworker
Photograph: Salt Panner
Ken Tonge Material: n/a; Technique: n/a; Method: Oil-fired
Retired chemist. Pyromaniac motorcyclist. Hobby ceramicist for over 30 years. You name it; I've tried it! Outdoor 20 cu. ft. kiln fires with old engine oil (Two New Soldner burners with vacuum cleaners for air-blowers). Specialised for some years in the creation of unique, one-off wall-hangings in stoneware or porcelain. These are suitable for indoor or outdoor sites.
Photograph: Wall-hanging (2007)
Photograph: Cattle Egret, Stoneware
Photograph: Wall-hanging (2006)
Len Whatley Material: Stoneware; Technique: Thrown; Method: Gas-fired
Len Whatley set up Crieff Ceramics Pottery Workshop and Gallery in 2004. Here Len makes a wide range of beautiful, high quality, contemporary stoneware that is both functional and decorative.
Len uses stoneware clay which is very durable and non-porous. His glazes are inspired by the landscape of the Isle of Skye where he was born and raised.
Len takes commissions for unusual pieces, personalized pots, dinner sets, wedding lists & can arrange delivery.
In his workshop Len also runs popular pottery classes through the winter months. All abilities are catered for. He can also accommodate groups looking for one-off lessons. This is a fun activity to do on a Hen Weekend for example.
Find Crieff Ceramics at the west end of Crieff High Street. Just 1hr's drive from Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Open: Summer Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; Winter: Tues-Sat 10am-5pm; Closed January.
Dorothy Wilson Material: Earthenware; Technique: Thrown; Method: Electric
Website: www.dorothywilson.co.uk
In 2001 I decided to make a career change and take up Art and Pottery. Since then I have been to college and have graduated from both James Watt College and Cardonald College in Art and Design and also in Pottery and Ceramics. In January 2005 I began working for myself and "Firing Your Imagination" was born.
Although my main work is tableware, I also very much enjoy sculpting and painting. This gives me an all round ability which I like to incorporate into my work. Often my work will be a combination of a thrown piece but with sculpted add-ons. I often incorporate landscapes into my work thereby taking advantage of my painting and pottery training.
At present I am working from home, carry out commissions and show my work at Craft Fayres. I believe that bespoke commissions will be a major part of my work in the future so please contact me to discuss your project.
My new web site is up and running so I hope you can pay a visit.
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Tess Wysocki Material: ; Technique: ; Method:
I am new to ceramics and pottery. My husband is the real artist in the family, but I thought I would give it a go. So far I've come up with some ideas but haven't made anything yet.
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