John Masterton Ceramics

I make pots.

I make work to be used, but I don't want to dictate how it is used or what it is used for. I find satisfaction in the fact that someone likes a piece so much that they want to own it. It's then up to them to decide what to do with it!

My pots are made using the wheel, and use simple glazes made with iron and copper to provide colour on rich stoneware and porcelain clays. My work is influenced by the traditions of English and French country pottery, with a hint of the ceremonial and functional pots of South-East Asia.

I fire with flames, because, for me, the transformation through fire is a vital part of the process, an alchemical transmutation of base materials into something precious.

Contact me at 07773 793632
john@johnmasterton.co.uk

photographs by Sussie Ahlburg
last updated 9th April 2009