PRICES:               

Prices of the ceramics on the website range from 70 Euros to 1500 Euros depending on the 

size and complexity of each piece. 

 

PURCHASING:

Purchasing of pieces is, at present, from my gallery/workshop only.   Shipping can possibly 

be arranged at extra cost.  Please contact me for information on payment, transport etc.

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TECHNIQUES:

    

All work is thrown on an electric wheel and, at various stages, the pieces are returned to

the wheel to refine the form and to add decoration to the damp surface of the clay.   

Pieces are finished with the addition of hand-made shapes and forms.   Each piece is then

sprayed with a fine white slip to enhance the colour of the glazes.                              

When dry, the work is given its first firing in an electric kiln to 1060°C.   All glazes are 

formulated to my own recipes which have been achieved as a result of many years of testing 

and I have about twenty glazes that I use regularly.

Glazes are applied by spraying, brushing and dipping and each method gives a particular 

finish to the fired glaze. A piece can have up to six different glazes on it.

The work is then fired again to 1230°C.  The firing has to be very precise as the bronze glaze 

is temperamental and can change in appearance dramatically at a higher or lower temperature.  

The crackle glazes also require a precise temperature to achieve a good result.

The clay I use is "White st. Thomas" from Potclays in England with an addition of a small 

quantity of another clay to achieve a good crackle glaze.

There are no particular words to describe my work.  It is simply between my hands and my 

imagination.  The work is what it is and the end result, on opening the kiln after a firing, is a 

source of surprise, interest, maybe disappointment.

There are pieces which I like, which I am not sure about, which intrigue me.  But always, it is 

a time for reflection and a learning process.  I have my own reactions to my work but, I always 

appreciate and learn from the reactions of others.

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CURRICULUM VITAE:

     

1947           Born - Ipswich, Suffolk, UK

1964 - 70    Apprentice,  Photo/litho retouching artist - Ipswich

1970 - 72    Community worker - St. Annes,  Nottingham

1972 - 73    Community worker - Hoxton,  London

1973 - 74    Art/ceramics technician - Hackney,  London

1974 - 80    Ceramics tutor - Hackney,  London

1976          Set up my first ceramics workshop - London

1981 - 83    Post graduate diploma in ceramics - Goldsmiths college,  London

1983 - 87    Part time ceramics technician - Camberwell school of art,  London

                 Part time ceramics tutor - Leyton,  London

1987 - 89    Full time maker of ceramics - Covent Garden,  London

1989 - 91    New workshop - Vauxhall,  London

1991 - 94    New workshop - Tooting,  London

1994 - 96    New workshop and gallery - Wimbledon,  London

1996          Moved to France

1998          Set up first workshop in France

2006          Set up workshop and gallery in Le Dorat

                                      

EXHIBITIONS:

               

Over the years, I have participated in many solo and group exhibitions in the U.K. and 

across Europe.  I have work in private collections in several countries around the world 

and have worked with a number of architects and interior designers on projects across 

Europe and the Middle East.

 

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TEXT:       From Hubert de Blomac,  Director,  A Contrario Gallery - Limoges

 

This English artist who likes to describe himself as a 'citizen of the world', has been an artist 

and ceramist for over thirty years.   He lives in a small town to the north of the French 

department of the Haute Vienne.  He has exhibited across Europe and has work in private 

collections around the world.

This artist, who turns and sculpts clay without concern for utility, creates, with a technical 

perfection, forms that are sublime yet quite unexpected.   He uses high-fired stoneware clay 

covered with unusual glazes and, by playing with heating and cooling,  creates his speciality, 

the crackle glazes.

There is great control and a high level of skill in his work and he has a fine talent for the 

alchemy of form and colour.

At first glance admittedly they are just decorative items but, beware!, the vase is not a vase, 

the bronze on his pieces is not bronze, the style is not a specific style.  It is recognizable but 

cannot be placed in time or place.  It is ancient and modern, classical and untraditional.  

Above all, it is original, sumptuous, an 'Objet d'Art'.

This artist/ceramist offers you the rare beauty of unique pieces made with skill and passion.

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