In 1984 after three years at Art school I went to work with the team of potters in the village of Aldermaston in Berkshire.Alan Caiger-Smith led the Aldermaston Pottery and I worked with him for 22 years learning the technique of tin-glaze and reduction fired lustre earthenware .
After the pottery at Aldermaston closed in 2006 I started the Yarnton Pottery near Oxford and from March 2021 I have been potting at a new Pottery ,Hewins Wood Pottery at Bradfield in Berkshire

Tin Glazed Pottery
Tin has been used as a whitener in glazes since 9th century Persia and lustre also has its roots in this period too, travelling through Spain and the rest of Europe becoming popular in England around the 18th century . As well as an electric kiln which is good for Tin-Glaze I also have a gas fired kiln which enables me to produce reduction fired lustre. Using silver and copper this technique needs a reduction of oxygen during the firing to create the iridescent surface