Richard Wilson

RICHARD WILSON has been making pots since the early 1970s. After attending Great Yarmouth College of Art, he worked for six years at Le Dieu Pottery in Norwich, before travelling to Australia, New Zealand and later Germany, where he worked with many potters using different techniques.

The strongest influences on his work have been the Cardew tradition of English country pottery and experiences gained during four years in Germany. Here he learned the skill of woodfiring stoneware and was inspired by the richness of design in traditional European slipware.

Richard set up his own workshop in Abbotsbury Dorset, in 1990, and now produces a wide range of domestic pottery in both earthenware (fired to 1100oC) and high-fired stoneware, all of which is ovenproof and dishwasher safe. He decorates his pots in bright colours, using traditional slipware methods.

He also produces special one-off exhibition pieces, some of them Raku- or pit-fired, and accepts special commissions from individual customers.