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.