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Maker's Directory

Name	Description	Category
Anderson, Blandine	Blandine makes "one-off" sculptural forms and has recently collaborated on furniture/interior pieces with Terry Sawle.	Ceramics	view
Andrews, Tim	Tim makes unique and distinctive raku ceramics. The pieces are either thrown on a wheel or hand-built.	Ceramics	view
Arnold, Bridget	Smoke fired ceramics	Ceramics	view
Ayton, Julie	Julie is resident potter at Salisbury Arts Centre. She makes boldly decorated domestic ware suitable for oven, dishwasher or microwave.	Ceramics	view
Bartleman, Eleanor	Handbuilt models in porcelain clay.	Ceramics	view
Bayer, Svend	Wood fired pots either unglazed or with a celadon or a shino galze.	Ceramics	view
Benatt, Fran	Fran uses the raw glaze method for making her pots	Ceramics	view
Borgonjon, Hans	Associate Member. Contemporary ceramics featured in the 2009 Get Fresh exhibition.	Ceramics	view
Bowen, Clive	Clive's pots are hand-thrown in red Devon clay and many of them show the warm, toasted effect of the flames from his home-made wood-fired kiln.	Ceramics	view
Brien, Val	Associate Member. Ceramics influenced by natural forms with a love of colour and natural tones.	Ceramics	view
Bristow, Linda	Associate Member. Clay, slips and glazes are used in a spontaneous and imaginative manner, reflecting textures, shapes and colours to be found in nature.	Ceramics	view
Brown, Sandy	Sandy trained in Japan and still uses some traditional Japanese working methods such as her barrel-shaped kick-wheel.	Ceramics	view
Buchanan, John	John runs a school of pottery in St. Ives. His stoneware and porcelain pieces have a strong accent on form and demonstrate his insistence that the highest standards should be imposed on craftwork.	Ceramics	view
Chaney, Isla	Associate Member. Makes one-off sculptural pieces hand-built in stoneware or porcelain.	Ceramics	view
Chivers, Bruce	Bruce Chivers trained in Australia and now works here in Devon.	Ceramics	view
Claxton, Anne	Associate Member. Anne makes containers with seams of porcelain, through boxes that reveal the interior with openings lined in porcelain or gold leaf.	Ceramics	view
Cleverly, David	Davids effectively decorated pots show the influence of his early training as a painter.	Ceramics	view
Cockram, Roger	Roger is an innovative potter who has been working in North Devon for 30 years. His work centres on observations and abstractions from natural water - its movements and rhythms, its colours and textures are all preoccupations.	Ceramics	view
Collins, Nic	Nic worked in potteries in Italy and Germany before setting up his own workshop in a remote corner of Dartmoor.	Ceramics	view
de Burlet, Philippa	Work made from porcelain - smooth, strong, white clay.	Ceramics	view
de Trey, Marianne	Marianne has worked at Dartington since 1947, first running the Dartington Pottery Workshop and later her own workshop	Ceramics	view
Ditchburn, Lorraine	Lorraine’s work is produced by slip-casting porcelain in plaster moulds.	Ceramics	view
Dodd, Mike	Mike works in stoneware and porcelain. He has researched and tested a wide range of rocks, clays and wood ashes	Ceramics	view
Emerson, Ross	Although Ross still makes thrown pottery, he is best known for his successful range of handbuilt clocks, candlesticks and other pieces of a highly inventive and colourful nature.	Ceramics	view
Garratt, Jonathan	One of Britain’s foremost garden artists.	Ceramics	view
Gee, Tim	The focus of Tim's efforts is towards utilising two of porcelain’s greatest strengths; translucency and whiteness.	Ceramics	view
Glass, Cresta	Associate Member. Cresta’s work consists of vessels in porcelain and bone china and contemporary ceramic lighting.	Ceramics	view
Godfrey, Richard	During his early training as a painter Richard was taught to look for colour and form.	Ceramics	view
Goldberg, Mary	Mary throws her pots using fine white earthenware clay and makes mainly domestic ware which she decorates with coloured slips.	Ceramics	view
Haig, Vicky	Associate Member. Vicky slip casts producing unique pieces using earthenware and porcelain clay. Combined with combustible materials to produce different surface qualities she cuts, alters and hand builds.	Ceramics	view
Holland, Jill	Jill makes painted earthenware pottery, mainly tableware, painted tiles, traditional pieces, and special requirements for commissions.	Ceramics	view
Holman, Terri	After completing her degree at Cardiff in 1981 Terri set up her first workshop in Exeter, later moving to Bovey Tracey	Ceramics	view
Houghton, Amy	Associate Member. An exciting fusion and exploration of the combination of textiles, ceramics, metals and light.	Ceramics	view
Hurn, Tim	After obtaining his Ceramics degree at Camberwell Art School, Tim had a year at the International Workshop of Ceramic Art in Tokoname and then worked for two years with John Leach.	Ceramics	view
Janette Jackson	Associate Member. Janette uses the chaos of the smoke-firing process to create and explore the narrative found within archaeology.	Ceramics	view
Jones, Arwyn	Arwyn endeavours to create pieces with a simplicity emanating primarily from function, and an elegance that is clearly derived from the Orient.	Ceramics	view
Keeley, Laurel	Laurel designs and makes highly decorative one-off pieces, not everyday domestic ware but always useful	Ceramics	view
Kembery, Mary	Mary produces a wide range of useful and decorative stoneware pottery, especially bowls, vases, lamp bases, boxes and dishes.	Ceramics	view
Law, Malcolm	Malcolm's themes are based on life, often including mythological figures in anachronistic and humorous situations.	Ceramics	view
Lawrence, Liz	Liz works mainly in porcelain, preferring its enduring strength.	Ceramics	view
Leach, John	John has an international reputation for his hand-thrown Muchelney stoneware kitchen pots, based on the strength of English country pottery.	Ceramics	view
Lewis, Debbie	Torquay based ceramics Member.	Ceramics	view
Loder, Claire	Associate Member. Claire Loder makes ceramic people. Her natural inclination is to create a narrative.	Ceramics	view
Luker, Susan	The countryside is the source of Susan's inspiration and creativity.	Ceramics	view
Mahoney, Clare	Clare Mahoney's ceramics are inspired by her fascination with flowers and natural fauna.	Ceramics	view
Martin, Rosanna	Associate Member. Hand thrown porcelain cylinders that can be used as vases or pots or simply appreciated for their visually striking and tactile qualities.	Ceramics	view
Mellors, Kate	Kate designs and builds architectural ceramics for the garden and conservatory.	Ceramics	view
Merrick, Isabel	Associate Member. Isabel produces a domestic ware range in earthenware, using coloured slips and then drawing on top using sgraffito techniques.	Ceramics	view
Milward, Iris	Iris makes beautiful hand made tiles decorated by hand, and including poetry.	Ceramics	view
Mullin, John	John has absorbed influences as diverse as Victorian Art Pottery, shapes and forms from antiquity and inspiration from travelling through southern Africa.	Ceramics	view
Nuttgens, John	John Nuttgens makes Soda-glazed stoneware.	Ceramics	view
Phillips, Lea	Lea produces a range of tableware as well as some larger individual pieces with lively decoration.	Ceramics	view
Pollex, John	Ceramics with intensely coloured earthenware slips applied in a free and painterly abstract manner.	Ceramics	view
Popham, Amanda	Amanda makes ceramic full-figure mantlepiece-size portraits, hand built in earthenware clay, carefully decorated and then glazed.	Ceramics	view
Raeburn, Elizabeth	Elizabeth makes raku pottery, an exciting and sometimes unpredictable process	Ceramics	view
RAMP	RAMP is a collaborative partnership.	Ceramics	view
Ramsay, Janie	Janie produces handbuilt decorative stoneware, working on both sculptural forms and vessels.	Ceramics	view
Rees, Nick	Nick’s personal pieces showcase a subtle and refined approach to shape and design, accentuated through carving, fluting and experimentation with slips and glazes.	Ceramics	view
Rich, Mary	Mary's pots are hand-thrown in porcelain. Most of her pots have several layers of colour applied to the raw clay	Ceramics	view
Richards, Christine-Ann	Christine’s classical oriental style thrown porcelain vases and bowls are glazed in transparent, dark green crackle and copper red glazes. Her black on white splash decorated wares remind one of her interest in Chinese calligraphy and painting. She also makes exterior ceramics to commission.	Ceramics	view
Schwarz, Chuck	Chuck Schwarz has been potting for 25 years. He originally made raku pots but the experience of working alongside the Japanese potter Shiro Tsujunura.	Ceramics	view
Shearlaw, Maureen	Maureen's designs are influenced by the natural elements of sky, land and sea which surround her in North Somerset	Ceramics	view
Simpson, Penny	Penny first trained in ceramics in Kyoto, Japan . She enjoys making pots for food, using red earthenware clay, with richly-coloured slip decorations and gold and platinum lustres.	Ceramics	view
Smith, Caroline	Associate Member. Caroline has created this West Country pottery which is hand-thrown, slip decorated earthenware.	Ceramics	view
Smith, Elizabeth	Decorative sculptural pieces in translucent bone china.	Ceramics	view
Sollis, Rob	Rob, a former production manager at Dartington Pottery Training Workshop, now makes raku pots, using a spectacular and sometimes unpredictable process.	Ceramics	view
Southam, Jenny	Jenny works in terracotta specialising in individual hand-built figurative sculptures. The figures explore mythic and domestic themes and many are inspired by working in the garden and on her allotment.	Ceramics	view
Stevens, Linda	Associate Member. Linda currently makes a range of porcelain tablelights(combining slipcast and thrown work)using piercing techniques and sandblasting.	Ceramics	view
Taja	Taja studied drawing and painting in his native Japan and taught himself pottery after coming to England.	Ceramics	view
Taksoe-Jensen, Nanna	Nanna was born in Denmark but studied ceramics in France and trained under three French potters. She has exhibited her work widely in France, Germany and Switzerland.	Ceramics	view
Taylor, Chris	Individual contemporary tableware.	Ceramics	view
Trezise, Gail	Associate Member who explores the unconventional world of alternative moulds.	Ceramics	view
Vamos, Kati	Kati studied ceramics at the Universities of Sheffield, New Orleans and Santa Barbara. She is inspired by African and Pueblo Indian pottery.	Ceramics	view
Vickery, Mike	Taunton based Ceramics Member.	Ceramics	view
Wallwork, Alan	The forms of Alan's unusual pots invite exploration by touch, qualities of weight and texture being as important as the purely visual.	Ceramics	view
Wardell, Sasha	Sasha Wardell has been working in bone china since 1982	Ceramics	view
Werner, Nicola	Nicola makes majolica pottery, a process requiring the craftsperson to be an artist as well as a potter	Ceramics	view
Whelpton, Rob	Rob makes decorative pots, including bowls, urns, flared vases, pomanders, lidded boxes and elaborately decorated teapots.	Ceramics	view
Whelpton, Vicky	Vicky makes sturdy, functional pots, including platters, dishes, salad bowls and jugs, mostly in porcelain but sometimes in grogged stoneware for extra strength.	Ceramics	view
Winkley, David	David makes an extensive range of hand-thrown oven and dishwasher-proof pots for the kitchen and table.	Ceramics	view
Wojdat, Maria	Warm, vibrant sculptural ceramics.	Ceramics	view
Zelinski, Pauline	Pauline's pots are individually made from white earthenware, hand-painted on to the raw clay before the first firing.	Ceramics	view