PotteryOn-line Store | Pottery  Yo Thom was born in Tokyo, came to England in 1999 study an MA in ceramics, and has married a Devonshire man.
Yo completed a year's pottery apprenticeship with Lisa Hammond at Maze Hill Pottery learning the soda-firing technique and production throwing. She is now producing her own range of useful pots, giving them soft and sensitive shapes, and glazing them with two traditional Japanese glazes - shino and celadon. She also melts beads of glass on each piece to give it her inidividual mark.
Yo's pots are hand-crafted individually and shapes and glazes may vary.
|  |  Lisa Hammond began to exhibit her work at Powdermills in 1999, as our 'Guest Potter' from outside the region. We love her work so much, her range of pottery has remained here and we are delighted to continue to sell it.
Lisa soda-glazes her pots: they go into her gas-fired kiln usually without glaze applied. Close to top temperature, she sprays in a solution of bicarbonate of soda, which immediately vaporises. The sodium in the vapour melts the silica in the clay of the pots to form glass - or glaze - with its characteristic 'orange peel' texture. Some pots Lisa will coat with a blue 'slip' or clay soup before putting them in the kiln for glazing, adding a range of blues to the usual tan colouring.
Lisa's pots are individually hand-crafted, and so shapes and glazes may very.
| |  Clive Bowen lives and works just north of Dartmoor: he makes useful pots using traditional slipware techniques. He fires his pots in a wood-fired bottle kiln, and the interaction of flames and glaze results in a warm, toasted glow to the pots.
Clive Bowen is one of the nation's best, and has an international reputation. | |  Carole's long association with Powdermills began in 1994, and since then she has worked closely with nearby potters such as Clive Bowen, Nic Collins and Svend Bayer. We are privileged to continue to sell her work now that she has set up her pottery in Staffordshire.
Carole makes wood-fired English slipware, and is influenced by 19th century Devonshire, and 16-17th century Staffordshire, slipware. Her work ranges from domestic tableware to decorative and commemorative pieces.
Please note that because Carole's pots are individual and hand-made, shapes and glazes may vary .
| |  Svend Bayer is an internationally-reknowned potter who has been living and working just north of Dartmoor for more than 30 years. His association with Powdermills began when Nic Collins was based here, and has continued since 1999 when his technical advice and encouragement helped Joss start up.
Svend throws locally-sourced stoneware clays, creating pots which are both useful and beautiful. He fires using a wood-fired, anagama-type kiln. The colours and textures of the pots are the result of the impact of the fire on the glazes and clays.
Svend's pots are individual, and the shapes and glazes of his hand-made pots may vary. | |  Penny Simpson's studio is in Moretonhampstead on the eastern edge of Dartmoor. She decorates pots made from earthenware clay, using brightly-coloured slips and techniques such as sgraffito. She particularly enjoys making pots used for food, tiles, planters and cache-pots.
Penny's pots are individually hand-made, therefore shapes and glazes may vary. | |
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