Whilst visiting Sydney, Peter Ward from Online Ceramics met up with Vicki Grima, editor of the Journal of Australian Ceramics, at the Four Seasons Hotel. This time last year Online Ceramics supplied over 160 pots to the Four Seasons Hotel to form a permanent collection. Peter gave Vicki a tour of the work that represents […]
Richard Godfrey is a truly inspirational potter who always challenges preconceptions about what can be done with clay. Renowned for fun and quirky brightly decorated functional wares, Richard spent much of 2013 producing a brand new line of slab built forms. Peter Ward, owner of the Online Ceramics Gallery said, ‘I was really pleased to […]
In October, Peter Ward, the founder of the Online Ceramics Gallery asked some potters to choose their favourite pot on the website. With almost 300 pieces made by 27 different ceramic artists, they found it very difficult. Peter said, ‘Having asked the potters which was their favourite pot, I set myself the task of selecting […]
Leek based potter, Tony Laverick, is the latest ceramic artist to join the Online Ceramics Gallery. Tony produces porcelain vessels decorated in layers of glaze and lustre. Online Ceramics Gallery owner, Peter Ward, said; ‘Tony has over 30 years experience working as a potter both for himself and in the ceramics industry.’ ‘We have chosen, […]
In early 2013 Online Ceramics potter, Rachel Wood, was invited to spend several months in Australia on a residency at the Sturt Craft Centre. Â The centre is situated in Mittagong, a small town close to Sydney. Rachel’s work has been strongly influenced and inspired from her time in Australia. To celebrate her time at the […]
This week Eddie Curtis was invited to choose his favourite pot and to say what drew him to that pot out of the 300 we have available on the website. Eddie went for Ben Brierley’s ‘Bulbous gestural vessel‘, certainly the heaviest pot on the website. This is what Eddie had to say: ‘Well to start with […]
Throughout October as part of our birthday celebrations we have asked some of our potters to choose their favourite pot. With almost 300 pots it was quite a task. We also asked them to explain their choice. We then discounted the chosen pot by a massive 20%. This week slab-built salt-glaze potter Ruth King has […]
To celebrate the Online Ceramics Gallery we have asked some of our potters to pick their favourite pot on the website and why they like it. We have also reduced the price of the pot by 20% for one week. Last week John Pollex picked a Barry Stedman, this week Richard Godfrey picked John Higgins, […]
We travelled 360 miles to visit potter, Jack Doherty, at his home and studio in Mousehole. There isn’t much of England left once you reach Mousehole, it is situated at the far westerly point of Cornwall, just before Lands End. The journey was worth it. We picked up magnificent soda fired porcelain vessels, most of […]
Terry Bell Hughes is a master potter – his work is both functional and fun. When establishing Online Ceramics, Terry was one of the first five potters on our wish list. His teapots are quirky and very usable. You can see the lineage in his work from the Harrow tradition. Having been a professional potter […]
