Since I became interested in Pottery in 2020 I have been drawn naturally to the Potters: Phil Rogers, Jim Malone, Svend Bayer and Mike Dodd - all of whom, little did I know then, used Ash Glazes extensively in their work. In the four-year period since that time I …

This journal was written during the Winter of 2020/21 and outlines my journey from total clay novice to completing my first body of work. Herein is an objective outline of the initial learning processes for a beginner thrower and more broadly a representation of w…

John Hudson was at his pottery workshop when I arrived. To get there from John's house I had to pass through a garden-centre. John's pottery is on the edge of this local garden-centre which was once his Father's business. Both garden-centre and pottery are in Mirf…