Steve Mills

Bath Steve Mills trained in Graphics at Hornsey College of Art in the ‘50s, followed by two years post-diploma study in Pottery under Paul Barron and Henry Hammond at Farnham School of Art, and a teaching diploma in Bristol. He re-founded Bath Pottery in 1967, and co-founded Bath Potters’ Supplies with his wife Kate in 1979. Since retirement he has devoted himself to making pots again. Steve makes domestic ware specialising in jug, vase and bottle forms, often with boldly altered shapes and subtle decorations. Most of his work is wheel-made and high-fired to stoneware temperatures in either a wood-fired saltglaze kiln, a gas, or a wood-assisted gas kiln. Steve is also an expert kiln designer /builder, and has led courses in this around the world.