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. 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 […]
Many potters covet the looseness, flow and freedom Barry Stedman brings to his ceramics. Barry makes them deliberately heavy and decorates them in bright slips, part of which he deliberately leaves unglazed. Online Ceramics Gallery owner, Peter Ward, said ‘we normally only feature potters with a minimum 10 years professional experience. Barry was under that […]
Scientist come potter, Joanna Howells, is the latest ceramic artist to join the Online Ceramics Gallery. Based in South Wales, Joanna first trained as a scientist at Cambridge University before studying ceramics at Sir John Cass School of Art. She then went on to Harrow College of Art where she attended the renowned ceramics course […]
Tim Andrews is one of the UK’s greatest raku potters. The way he controls such a dynamic method of firing is masterly. Tim also produces the most elegant porcelain pots. We are particularly keen on Tim’s ‘three element stacks’ which combine both the raku and porcelain sections. We now 16 works by Tim Andrews available […]
