John Wheeldon

I have been making pots now for over 50 years and during that time have investigated many different aspects of the craft including domestic stoneware, lustreware, Raku and more recently earthenware tableware.

These vessels are a response to a desire to use the surface as a canvas on which to paint and draw.

They are hand-thrown, altered and hand-painted with under-glaze slips.

The motifs used are from various sources; some are re-imagined from previous work, some from drawings of objects seen or remembered and some that have hung around in the recesses of my subconscious for years before surfacing.