Cornwall Ceramics and Glass Group...Barry Marshall- Johnson

At Westcliff Pottery I produce a variety of ceramic pieces using, wherever possible, local Cornish materials. These including traditional and sculptural vessels, tea bowls, plates and wall hangings, their form and decoration often influenced by the nearby Cornish coast and shoreline. I mainly use Cornish stoneware clay and decorating slips made from coloured clay collected near the Fowey and Camel rivers. For glazes I add wood ash, granite powder from De Lank quarry, local China clay and beach sand and by using these locally found Cornish materials I have been able to produce many unique textures and glaze effects.