About Fired Clay

As a new upstart novice ceramic artist I have been studying and working with clay since late 2019. Initially attending workshop classes with Muddy Fingers pottery in Jarrow, run and taught by Dianne and Marvin.

Since then I have built a very small studio in my home in the west end of Newcastle upon Tyne and continued to develop my practice in my own time. I have been experimenting and exchanging ideas with other potters from around the region and more widely within the UK, attending many shows and exhibitions and working with colleagues from The Northern Potters Association North East branch in setting up and hosting several Exhibitions over the last few years.

Working Practice

I work with stoneware clays and wheel thrown pieces although I am currently experimenting with handbuilding some new designs. I usually fire cone 6 in an electric kiln and irregularly I will fire in my home built raku kiln.

Charitable Support

Originally I had dedicated much of the proceeds of this site to supporting the front line staff in the NHS. We were in the middle of the pandemic and that seemed to be the best place to make a difference. Today with many more serious issues in our world I have chose to support a wider group of charities and political pressure groups and will do that separate to this website and my work as an artist.