David Brown

David Brown, NDD, ATD, is a potter with many years experience making, teaching and exhibiting ceramics. He now specialises in making one-off pieces, which conform to prototypic ceramic vessels: teapot, vase, bowl, jug, etc. Recently David has concentrated on the simple, but bold, sculptural forms of vases and bowls which are all wheel-thrown, turned and sometimes altered. He explores the subtle variations in colour and texture in glazes, achieving the effects of time and ageing (decay, fragmentation and patina) on the surfaces of his vessels.

David uses a smooth, off-white stoneware clay which is fired to about 1,250oC in an oxidising atmosphere.