British Studio Potters' Marks

CONTENTS

Introduction

Acknowledgements

Preface to new third edition

Authors’ note

How to use this book

LIST OF POTTERS AND THEIR MARKS

THE INDEX

CREATURES

1 Animals

2 Birds

3 Fish, sea creatures & shells

4 Insects, snails & reptiles

MONOGRAMS

5 Initials as single letters & monograms

6 Initials as symbols or stylised monograms

7 Monograms, forenames & marks other than initials or surnames

SIGNS

8 Boats, ships, anchors & engines

9 Bows & squiggles

10 Buildings, bridges & maps

11 Crowns, hearts, hooks, horns, horseshoes, keys, shields, sickles & spades

12 Dots, lines, squares, crosses, stars & ovals

13 Flowers, fruits, leaves, plants & trees

14 Foreign language marks

15 Hands, figures & faces

16 Pots & vessels

17 Triangles

18 Various

19 Wheels, circles, spirals & waves

Introduction

This book has been compiled as a practical handbook for the identification of over 4,750 marks of British studio potters and others who have worked in Great Britain.

The demand for studio pottery by users and collectors alike has grown apace in the last 25 years and, while it is acknowledged that many of the pioneering potters have been reasonably well catalogued, the majority of potters, although having their own loyal following, have not been widely documented.

The purpose of this book, with its extensive index, is to form a guide to a long and prolific period in British studio potting. The criteria for entry are that the potter has a studio or workshop address and has (with rare exceptions) personally formed and fired the work.

We feel sure that it will be of great assistance, not only in the field of cataloguing and research, but also to potters and to the enthusiastic collector.

Eric Yates-Owen

Robert Fournier

Preface to new third edition

My interest in studio ceramics first began in 2005 after I purchased some mugs from a charity shop. The mugs had labels attached stating ‘David Leach’, at the time a name that meant nothing to me. I researched the name and was fascinated by the information and images I found. I’ve been a follower and collector of studio ceramics ever since. Over the last ten years I’ve found British Studio Potters’ Marks to be an essential reference source, and my now rather battered second edition has never ventured far from my side. However, a decade has passed since the last update to the book, during which time there have been many changes required to existing entries, as well as new entries to add. It’s been a huge task but I’ve tried to capture all of these in this new third edition. I’ve added well over a thousand updates and new entries, but despite best intentions and countless hours of research I’d like to apologise in advance for any I may have missed.

I would like to thank Alistair Hawtin for suggesting I would be a good candidate for this task, and Samantha Whitehead for allowing me to take on the challenge. I would also like to thank everyone who has provided details and updates, and those who have helped publicise the new edition. Finally I would like to thank all who have provided much appreciated kind words of encouragement along the way.

I’m pleased to have been able to update and extend the fine original text by Eric Yates-Owen and Robert Fournier. We’re very lucky to have so many hugely dedicated British potters making such diverse work, and also so many passionate followers and collectors of British studio pottery.

James Hazlewood

Authors’ note

Great care having been taken in the compilation, this book is supplied in the belief that the information is correct. The authors and the publisher cannot accept responsibility in any circumstance whatever for any error or omission causing loss or damage suffered by the buyer or any other person or persons as a result of any fault in the information supplied.

How to use this book

The main part of the book is an alphabetical list of potters with their past and present studio addresses, details of their work and their marks. Also included are the potteries or studios for which a separate mark is used. This list should be used to identify marks which consist of a full name or signature, or to trace simple initials e.g. PJ – Philip JOLLEY; PFB – Peter Fraser BEARD. In the event of similar initials or marks, reference to the type of work made will help to pinpoint a specific piece.

The second section, beginning here, is the index (divided into nineteen self-explanatory sub-sections), which is necessary for identifying the varied forms of names, initials and shapes which make up many of the marks.

A

A & J YOUNG POTTERY see Andrew & Joanna YOUNG

ABBERLEY Adrian

Slab-built or thrown domestic & individual pieces, wall panels & very large pots in oxidised stoneware & porcelain. On-glaze & lustre decoration.

ABBEY David

Thrown tableware & larger individual pieces in stoneware.

ABBOT Wyn

Narrative ceramics inspired by ancient cultures, including figurative highly detailed raku & stoneware figures. Thrown & sculpted stoneware, domestic & decorative ware, rich variegated glazes.

ABBOTSBURY (Pottery) see Roger & Hilda ROSS TURNER

ABBOTT Cathy see also Philip CHAN

Thrown & handbuilt sculptural teapot & other forms in earthenware & stoneware. Dry textural glazes. Thrown & handbuilt raku-based vessel forms with added decoration.

ABIKO KINEN see Bernard LEACH

ABINGTON POTTERY see David LANE

ABLITT John 1945– & Helen

Pressmoulded or thrown pieces. Stained slips & oxides. Burnishing. From 2003– domestic & decorative stoneware & earthenware. Tiles, architectural pieces. From 2007– producing a wide domestic ware range. All pottery painted with coloured slips under a clear glaze. Decoration is generally after animal forms: ducks, fish, butterflies, hens, etc. Domestic ware is mostly blue & white or a yellow/brown in colour. Work is reduction-fired to 1280°C.

ACKROYD Val

Coil-built animal studies, especially large cheetahs. Sprayed with coloured slips. Oxides.

ACORN POTTERY see Denise & Nigel KENWARD

ADAIR Andrew

Decorative ware in earthenware & stoneware.

ADAM Janet

Thrown functional stoneware & porcelain. Colourful reduction-fired glazes.

ADAMS Billy

Handbuilding, mostly of rugged & deeply textured jug & pot forms with contrasting thrown, smooth handles & smoothed rims. Different layers of clay with outer layer of porcelain encouraged to crack & buckle. Influenced by landscape features, rocks & metamorphic forms.

ADAMS Judy

Stoneware vessels. Seascapes – handbuilt richly textured unglazed slip exteriors, glazed interiors. Seastones – thrown, black slip exteriors with white striations. Stratas – handbuilt angled clay strips, richly textured, oxides/underglazes, interiors glazed.

ADAMS Katie 1967–

Thrown tableware, illustration drawn into surface. Also non-functional sculptural work, textured, pinched, coiled once-fired with slip finish. Architectural slab range, incised, oxide & transparent glaze finish. All oxidised stoneware.

ADAMS Kirsty 1970–

Thrown porcelain, Japanese inspired brush decoration & overlapping poured glazes. Handbuilt pieces in stoneware, textured & assembled, painted with white slip, decorated with oxides & glazes.

ADAMS Stephen

Slipcast sculptural forms & functional mixed-media ceramics in white & red earthenware. Slab-built constructions from thrown components bolted together, often large-scale, in stoneware. Units modelled & fitted. Representing human & mechanical relationships. Enamels.

ADAMSON Graham

Studio in Wales.

Maiolica. Brushwork.

ADDYMAN Catherine G.

Handbuilt & thrown functional & decorative work in oxidised stoneware & porcelain. Sgraffito. Glazes.

AHEARN Cornelia J. M.

Sculptural pieces, vases & bowls, handbuilt or thrown in oxidised stoneware, raku or low-salt smoke-fired.

AINDOW (Hubert) Peter –1987 with brothers Charles (founder), Robert & Andrew

Early work mainly slipcast earthenware, some thrown. Peter then made domestic & decorative pieces in stoneware. Wood ash glazes. Some porcelain.

AINSTABLE (Pottery) see Jim MALONE

AITCHISON Alan

Reduction stoneware with some porcelain (gas-fired). Mainly wheel thrown, with occasional hand-building or sculpting. Local materials for glazes where possible, oriental inspired. Altering, sgraffito, finger trailing, cutting, slips.

ALBRIGHTON POTTERY see Annette CHRISTOPHERS

1970–76 & 1997 Albrighton, Wolverhampton, W Midlands.

ALCOCK Berenice Kate

Thrown pots & bowls, wall masks, wall lighting & shell forms in porcelain, stoneware & raku, incorporating glass or glass & ceramic mosaic. Life-size figurative work combining ceramic, glass & metal.

ALCOCK Neil

Thrown pots, domestic & individual pieces in reduced stoneware & some porcelain. Double glazing & some glaze trailing. Gas-fired.

ALDEBURGH (STUDIO) see Gary WORNELL (-BROWN 1971–1979)

ALDERMASTON POTTERY see Alan CAIGER-SMITH

ALDERNEY POTTERY see Peter C. ARNOLD

ALEXANDER Jenny 1962–

From 2000– handbuilt sculptures mostly in stoneware paper clays. Decorated with either elongated human figures in porcelain paper clay, forming patterns across the body of the work, or painted figures. From 2001– ‘torso’ & non-functional vase forms in stoneware & earthenware paper clay, decorated with coloured engobes & dry/volcanic glazes. Also from 2002– ceramic plaques, figure decoration, mounted, providing a two-dimensional aspect.

ALISTAIR YOUNG POTTERY see Alistair YOUNG

ALIYU Danlami

ALLAIRE Deborah Anne

Abstract organic pieces & mixed media.

ALLAN Wilma

Handbuilt pots. Burnished & smoked. Unglazed.

ALLEN Celia

Early 1970s worked with Mike Dodd.

Thrown, handbuilt & pressmoulded stoneware. Early work domestic ware & later mainly animal sculpture, bowls, dishes & lidded boxes in raku & stoneware. Most pieces have animal or figurative themes or additions.

ALLEN Daniel

Figurative pieces, exaggerated & distorted features, in high-fired stoneware, often on welded metal bases.

ALLEN Martha 1952–

From 1980–92 slab-built sculpture, masks & dishes in terracotta & stoneware. From 1992– pressmoulded pieces & from 1994, thrown domestic ware in stoneware. From 1997– slab-built sculpture.

ALLEN S. Charles

Handmade earthenware tiles, tin-glaze maiolica, on-glaze decoration.

Sconces, general pottery, pressmoulded fish & animals.

ALLER POTTERY see Bryan & Julia NEWMAN

ALLISON Justine

Handbuilt porcelain. Semi-functional ware.

ALLISTON John

Ceased potting.

Planters & domestic ware in oxidised stoneware. Dry glaze.

ALLNATT David John

Handbuilt pieces in earthenware & oxidised stoneware. Surface textures inspired by natural objects. Dry matt glazes.

ALLPRESS Alex

Stoneware & earthenware sculptural & thrown work. Functional line in contemporary slip colours. Slab & coil hand building in oxide glazes, finished in brushwork. Electric-fired. Bespoke tile line.

ALSAGER POTTERY see Ken & Anne RODGERS

ALTMANN Wolf see MADE IN CLEY

ALTON (Pottery) see Audrey Marion RICHARDSON also NEATHAM MILL WORKSHOPS

ALTON TOWERS (Pottery) see Stephen PARRY-THOMAS

ALUM BAY CERAMICS see J. H. (Joseph) LESTER

Domestic & decorative wares.

ALVINGHAM POTTERY see Pru GREEN & Brian DUFFY

AMBERLEY VILLAGE POTTERY see Caroline SEATON

AMBLESIDE (Pottery) see George Frederick COOK

AMOUR-WATSON E.

Earthenwares.

ANCHOR POTTERY see John BUCHANAN

ANDERSON Blandine

Handbuilt stoneware & porcelain. Sculptural forms. Animal, fish & reptile themes. Groups & complex compositions. Painted & stencilled slips. Oxides, enamels & lustres. Stoneware glazes.

ANDERSON Gillian (see also Peter ANDERSON)

Domestic pieces in reduced stoneware. Delicate mostly non-functional porcelain pots, carved & decorated.

ANDERSON Kit 1961–

Tiles & handbuilt or slipcast individual pieces decorated using the gum bichromate photographic process. Coloured with slips, engobe or underglazes. Electric or raku-fired underglazes.

ANDERSON Peter (see also Gillian ANDERSON)

Slab-built domestic wares & individual slab-built ceramic sculptures. Paper clay. Matt & minimal decoration.

ANDREETTI Marilyn

Thrown, pressed & slabbed plates, dishes & jugs in red earthenware. White slip. Underglaze colours & sgraffito. Highly decorated.

ANDREW MASON CERAMICS see Andrew MASON also May BEADSMOORE

ANDREW Brian 1962–

From 1983–95 semi-porcelain/underglazes, slips. From 1995– handbuilt/slipcast hares etc., brushwork, raku-fired post-reduction. North Devon slipware, incising, trailing, brushwork using local materials where possible.

ANDREWS Colin

Handbuilt fish in stoneware for wall mounting with impressed found objects to produce fin & scale textures. Layered clays in stoneware, oxides & glazes giving diffused naturalistic colours. Handbuilt vessels, in stoneware, clay inlaid with coloured clays rolled, tubed & stretched into beaker-like forms, induced deeply fissured surfaces. Influenced by geology, landscape & archaeology.

ANDREWS Maggie

Functional & decorative porcelain.

ANDREWS Margot & Derek

Now retired.

Thrown & handbuilt earthenware & stoneware.

ANDREWS Rupert 1947–

Wide range of thrown tableware – jugs, dishes, bottles, goblets, lamp bases etc. in high-fired earthenware. Mocha, brushwork & wax resist decoration. Coloured glazes. Functional inner glaze. Crackle on outer transparent glaze filled with lines in black metallic, purple, pink or cobalt blue.

ANDREWS Tim

Individual burnished, fumed & smoked raku pieces. Thrown & handbuilt in porcelain clay & T-material. Coloured slips, resist slip, crackle glaze, impressing & engraving. Glazed & unglazed pieces. African, Cycladic & S American pottery influences. A small amount of brush decorated porcelain & domestic stoneware.

ANGLESEA POTTERY see B. CARPENTER

ANGLESEY POTTERY see Janet EDWARDS

ANGUS see Angus M. SUTTIE

ANGUS Nancy 1958–

Handbuilt, mainly coiled, decorative pots. Some slab-building. Slip, glaze & body stains on leatherhard clay. Scratched, weathered, painted surfaces influenced by frescoes, ancient Egyptian art & abstract painting. Also from 1998, pierced light towers using techniques described, plus some pressmoulded pieces.

ANTHONY David

Aldermaston Pottery, Aldermaston, Berkshire. With Alan Caiger-Smith. Now in Germany.

Maiolica. Brushwork.

ANVIL POTTERY see Allan & John HUGHES

APPLEBY Brigitta (née GOLDSCHMIDT) –2000

High-fired red earthenware. Wax resist & on-glaze brushwork. Sculptural pieces.

ARBEID Dan 1928–2010

From 1958–86 handbuilt individual pieces with some thrown work in reduced stoneware. Heavily textured surfaces. Also raku & porcelain. From 1998– limited production in oxidised stoneware & some glazed earthenware.

ARCH POTTERY see Anthony RICHARDS

ARCH POTTERY see John BUCHANAN

ARCHER David

Stoneware domestic ware. Cream speckled glaze. Electric-fired.

ARDEN POTTERY see Barbara CASS

ARDINGTON POTTERY see Les & Brenda OWENS

ARGYLL POTTERY see Alan GAFF

ARMSTRONG Pat

Early work– thrown vessels, burnished & sawdust-fired. Influenced by Anglo Saxon pots. Later raku more classical in form with blue, turquoise & green copper fuming. Naked raku with glaze removed after firing.

ARNISON June

Bowls, vases & jewellery in lustred porcelain.

ARNOLD Chris see also Pete DODGE

Thrown domestic ware in stoneware. Sprigged ware & relief house plaques. Garden pots in terracotta.

ARNOLD Peter C.

Mainly domestic stoneware & garden pots.

ARNUP Ben 1954–

Slab-built pieces. Coarse clay. Slips. Inlaying. Sponge applied ash-wood ash glazes to reduced stoneware. Trompe l’oeil designs from medieval & modern painting.

ARNUP Mick 1925–2008

Wenford Bridge Pottery, Cornwall with Michael Cardew.

Reduced stoneware. Large pots & architectural ceramics. Brushwork. Calligraphy. Resists. Incising.

ARRAN see Carol FURZE

ARROYAVE-PORTELA Nicholas 1972–

Thrown tall vessel & bowl forms in white St Thomas stoneware clay. Pieces are manipulated, creating hollows, undulations & rippled effects. Visible throwing lines. Some pieces with walls slit or cut. Semi-matt surfaces. Sprayed two-tone terra sigillata slips, often terracotta & shades of blue. Interior shiny glaze, often honey in tone. Twice-fired, final temp. 1180°C.

ARUNDEL (Pottery) see Josse DAVIS

ASBURY J. Frank P. –2012 & Alice

Thrown bowls & pots. Sculptures. Alice makes handbuilt pots, lamps & animal studies.

ASENBRYL Oldrich

Handbuilt sculpture, architectural pieces, tiles etc. in stoneware & porcelain. Silkscreening & enamels.

ASHBY John 1938–

Slipcast animal head stirrup cups. Slipcast jugs with extruded handles. Agateware bowls & plates. All in earthenware, mostly clear glaze on coloured clay.

ASHLEY Keith 1944–

Early work, thrown individual domestic stoneware. Later, handbuilt low-fired sculptural forms.

ASHLEY Pauline 1938–

From 1976– thrown tableware in earthenware. Bold brushstrokes of underglazes & oxides. Mainly white tin glaze. 1980– domestic stoneware. Wax resist. Oatmeal glaze. Raku. White crackle pieces, unglazed blackened body. 1981– reactive slips & glazes. Wax resist, brushwork, sgraffito, sponge stamping, paper resist. Raku. Raku porcelain. 1990– individual pieces, thrown & carved botanical shapes in raku porcelain. Gold leaf. From 2005– specialises in handbuilding oxidised stoneware & raku frogs.

ASHMORE Ann 1942–

Tree & fungi hand sculpted forms. Thrown functional ware, in reduced & oxidised stoneware.

ASHPOOL Alan

From 1960–86 mainly domestic & individual stoneware. 1986–97 mainly individual tiered stoneware ‘pagoda’ pots from thrown & cast sections joined together. 1997– slipcast bottles & bowls, vividly coloured stoneware glazes.

ASHWORTH-HAMER Janet see Janet HAMER

ASKEW Don

Coil-built pots & vases.

ASKEW Elizabeth A.

Pressmoulded, altered & modelled terracotta jugs & vessels. Burnishing. Applied oxides. Beeswaxed & polished.

ASKRIGG POTTERY see Andrew HAGUE

Old School House, West End, Askrigg, Leyburn, N Yorkshire.

ASPINALL David

Vases, pots & bowls in stoneware. Bonfire pots.

ASTBURY Paul 1945–

Handbuilt & pressmoulded ceramic sculpture. Stoneware & porcelain. Mid-1970s: ‘synthetic strata’. 1980s– ‘buried objects’ sculptures. 1992– wet clay & glazed ware compositions.

ASTON Christopher S.

Domestic ware, slab dishes & experimental individual pieces in stoneware & porcelain. Iron & copper red brushwork under stoneware glaze. Enamel screen printing. Celadon & experimental glazes. Veined lustres.

ATHERTON Joanna 1979–

Thrown pots, domestic & also individual pieces in earthenware. Slip trailing, impressing with plants & intricate pierced lanterns. Some slips made from locally sourced clays. Electric & gas firing.

ATHEY Clement Kofi

ATKIN Jacqui

1993–2000 handbuilt, burnished, smoke-fired with resists. 2000–2010 burnished resist raku. 2010– temperature white clay, stylised botanical imagery. Black with coloured detail & incised background texture.

ATKINSON-JONES Caroline & Stephen

Slipcast functional sculptural forms, bathroom accessories etc. in porcelain & bone china. Limited editions of crystalline-glazed pieces. Tableware decorated with dense patterns & large areas of pure white. From 1996– lustreware.

ATTRILL Molly 1944–

Domestic ware, tiles. Figurative decoration. Maiolica, slips, sgraffito. Also from 2002– wax resist on maiolica. Also from 2007– reduction stoneware & porcelain fired in a laser kiln. Also from 2012– oxidised stoneware & tin-glazed earthenware fired in an electric kiln.

AUDU Halima 1934–1961

Traditional handbuilt pots & thrown wares.

AUKER Ray

Produces a range of domestic pottery in stoneware & earthenware, teapots being a favourite form. Larger work consists of thrown or extruded lettered forms & ornate decorated platters.

AUKLAND Jane 1957–

Coiled, slab-built & pressmoulded sculptural pieces in earthenware. Carving. Book forms with text & illustrations either bound together or in boxes. Wall pieces.

AULD Ian 1926–2000

Slab, pressmoulded & handbuilt earthenware. Tin glaze. From 1957– functional & decorative stoneware. Carving & engraving. Decorated with seals, impressed & incised patterns. Dry ash glazes. Influence of African & Roman work.

AVILLE CERAMICS STUDIO see Martin PETTINGER

AVONCROFT POTTERY see Geoffrey WHITING

AYRES May

Large stoneware sculpture invoking social & political questions. Drawing & painted surface work using oxide colour, partial glazing & texture. Exploring complex narratives through the employment of interlocking components.

AYLBURTON see TAENA COMMUNITY

AYLESFORD PRIORY POTTERY see David LEACH & Colin PEARSON

AYLIEFF Felicity 1954–

Handbuilt earthenware & porcelain. Agate inlay & sgraffito to achieve rich surfaces. Matt finishes. Glaze seldom used. From 1994– large-scale sculptural forms, handbuilt or multi-piece moulds. White clay body with aggregates. Pitted or polished surfaces. From 2006– working from her Bath studio & also in China. Small-scale handbuilt coloured works, monumental pots up to four metres high, which are thrown on the wheel & painted using cobalt blue oxide. The painting style uses energetic abstract brushstrokes. Felicity also decorates using Fencai coloured enamels working with intricate contemporary pattern across the surface of the pots.

AYLMER Elizabeth Mary 1939–

Domestic ware, garden pots & individual pieces in earthenware & stoneware. Incising. Influenced by African culture. Ash glazes. Tenmoku.

AYSCOUGH Duncan

Thrown one-off pots. Terra sigillata. Carbonisation. Pit firing.

Wax polishing. Some gold leaf.

AYTON Julie 1959–

Thrown domestic & individual pieces in stoneware & porcelain & larger-scale garden stoneware. Highly decorated reduced stoneware to 2000. From 2000– a more muted standard range with plain ‘pebble’ glazes & contrasting unglazed ridges. Porcelain in white, celadon, black, blue & red, often contrasting rims or interior/exterior. Textural details through erosion techniques or self-colour slip trailing.

B

BABA Adrienne 1955–

Thrown & slab-built pots for domestic use in oxidised stoneware. Fluting, rolled inlay, impressing with textiles, faceting & incising through slip. The pots are fired to 1260°C in an electric kiln.

BABUNIAK Roma 1952–

Born in Manchester.

Schliereer Strasse 51, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany.

Exhibited in Britain, Japan & Europe. Works in unglazed porcelain.

BACK Doug

From 1934–42 pitchers, garden & flowerpots & breadbins in earthenware. 1961– (at refurbished pottery) domestic ware, puzzle jugs, money boxes, traditional items. Local yellow & white clays, firing red. Brown & black glazes.

BAIER Sylph 1959–

Thrown domestic & decorative ware. Red earthenware. Slips. Sgraffito. Maiolica. From 2012– output concentrating on high-fire porcelain & stoneware. With juns, celadons & copper red glazes.

BAILES Helen L.

Thrown & altered lidded pots, teapots, vases, candlesticks etc. in porcelain. Inspired by the natural world. Delicately made. Fluid glazes. Also garden pots, fountains etc. in stoneware.

BAILEY Elisabeth Andrea

Thrown functional domestic ware in red earthenware. Painted wax resist decoration.

BAILEY Michael (Mike) 1943–

Functional & domestic ware, wall plaques, flattened vase forms etc. in stoneware. Wide range of glazes including celadons & crackle glazes.

BAINBRIDGE Gwen

From 2001– decorative, functional vessels. Porcelain slab-built, impressed, inlaid (black slip) sprigged, lustred. Also from 2013– free-machine embroidered detail, underglaze hand painting, double inlay. Bone china slipcast vessels, inlaid slip, decals. Part glazed, oxidised firing.

BAKER Jess see Jess VAL BAKER

BAKER Heather & Tom

Functional, garden & decorative pieces in raku, terracotta & stoneware.

BAKER Maureen 1943–

Individual & functional thrown pots. Reduction-fired stoneware & porcelain using oriental glazes with free brushwork & wax resist, often layering one glaze over another with pigment additions.

BALDWIN Gordon 1932–

Thrown pressmoulded & handbuilt sculptural ceramics, including large bowls, sometimes incorporating non-ceramic materials. Bowls, boxes & dishes. Layered slip or engobe with painting, drawing & incising. Glaze stains, oxides & glazes. Multi-fired 1080°–1120°C.

BALL Alan

Pots, bowls, plates & individual pieces in oxidised white stonewear. Coloured slips. Some internal black slip. Manganese & cobalt decoration. Wax & paper resist. Sgraffito. Inlay. White dolomite & coloured ash glazes.

BALL Catherine

Domestic pots, tableware & one-off pieces in reduced stoneware. Bright painted decoration. From 2007– work with grogged paper clay making sculptures of mainly fish & birds’ heads, fired in a raku kiln.

BALL Christopher 1974–

Thrown pots, individual tiles & sculpture. Glazed stoneware with a small output of raku & earthenware. Modelled, inlaid or brushed slip decoration, multiple & overlapping glazes. Electric-fired to 1240°C.

BALL Jessica

Domestic pots, tableware & one-off pieces in reduced stoneware. Bright painted decoration.

BALLAN Veronica (née RAWLINSON)

1980– handbuilt figurines of elegant ladies, lovers & children. Sculpting 95 per cent figures & 5 per cent miscellaneous. From 2002– now sculpting 99 per cent animals & 1 per cent figures.

BALLANTYNE David S. 1913–1990

Designed Saviac wheel thrown earthenware. Salt glaze until 1968 then wide range of stoneware. Squared vases, carved bowl forms, chess sets etc. Thrown, cut & inlaid proto-porcelain. Decorative pierced bricks. Terracotta garden pots, wall tiles & panels.

BALLANTYNE Richard see also Carol READ

Domestic & sculptural pieces in raku & stoneware.

BALLARD Sylvia

Animal & figurative sculptures.

BAMFORD Ginnie

Domestic earthenwares. Tin glaze blue & white. Sponging. Linear patterns. Designs based on hearts, birds, flowers & leaves.

BARCLAY Anthony

Wood & electric-fired slipware, local clays, domestic & individual pieces with constant historical cross-referencing.

BARCLAY Harry see also Biddy ROSE

Thrown domestic reduced stoneware.

BARDON MILL (Pottery) see Stephen COURSE

BARFOOT Geoffrey & Olive

BARHAM Charles & Shirley

Domestic earthenware, fountains, commissioned pieces. Slipware, tin glaze & maiolica. Carved, fluted, inscribed, painted or pierced.

BARKER Ben

From 1974–83 reduction-fired domestic ware. Tenmoku, jun & celadon glazes. From 1983–2013 handbuilt & thrown porcelain & stoneware. Also from 1999– raku ware. From 2014– reduction-fired porcelain & stoneware.

BARKER Jane (née SEARLE) 1959–

Mostly thrown work in reduced stoneware & porcelain. Slip decoration in geometric patterns. Sgraffito, brushwork, paper resist. Celadon & tenmoku glazes. Some unglazed garden pots with inlay, combing & sprigging. From 2010– lettering introduced on work.

BARKER Sue see also Alison SANDEMAN

Functional & individual stoneware & porcelain.

BARLETTA Lindy 1961–

Thrown stoneware & porcelain, functional & one-off pieces. Often textured with sgraffito, layered colourful glazes, sometimes partially glazed. Metal oxide washes & brushwork, fired in oxidising atmosphere.

BARM POTTERY see Hannah McANDREW

BARNBARROCH POTTERY see Christine & Rodger SMITH

BARNES Chris 1959–

Thrown domestic ware in reduced stoneware. Bright coloured glazes. Trailed bands of colour. Also ‘watermelon’ decoration, copper red glaze & black ‘seeds’. Influences: Takeshi Yasuda, Janice Tchalenko, Clive Davies.

BARNES Maggie