by Jon Williams | Aug 10, 2026 | Artist, Exhibitions, Interactive Art
A Bilston Craft Gallery Touring Exhibition 2011-2015 Sensational Clay was my solo show and a culmination of many months of work, exploring ideas of invention, interaction and participation with clay. All the works in the exhibition were inspired by the five senses:...
by Jon Williams | Feb 4, 2022 | Artist, Experiments, Outside, Surface Quality, Work in Progress
My slow burning, smoke firing journey continues… One of the most satisfying outcomes has been the incidental surfaces and effects that appear when I’ve been getting creative applying a slip resist to the surface of my bisque fired ware. In an attempt to echo the...
by Jon Williams | May 16, 2021 | Experiments, Interactive Art
Sit’s nicely in the palm this one. Love the markings produced by smoke permeating the layers of clay resist.
by Jon Williams | May 11, 2021 | Garden Sculpture, Interactive Art, Outside
A family of ceramic snails rocking out across the studio floor. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jon Williams...
by Jon Williams | Apr 25, 2021 | Artist, Exhibitions, Garden Sculpture, Outside
Not sure what’s the collective term for a pot full of ceramic fish!? This shoal will be swimming at the magnificent Sculpture at Kingham Lodge exhibition. 1-9 May 2021. Set in 5 acres of beautiful grounds, over 400 sculptures are displayed as you would...
by Jon Williams | Apr 21, 2021 | Experiments, Surface Quality
A beautiful galaxy appeared in the slip bucket lid!!!
by Jon Williams | Apr 18, 2021 | Artist, Experiments, Interactive Art, Work in Progress
interactive, interactive art, leather hard, rocking pots, thrown and assembled, wip, work in...
by Jon Williams | Apr 15, 2021 | Artist, Garden Sculpture, Outside, Surface Quality
This gnarly ‘ol slab of oak has been gently decaying in the Pottery garden for the last 10 years or so. It was initially used to display several of my discovery pots – lidded, thrown cylinders containing fresh clay and a note encouraging the...
by Jon Williams | Apr 11, 2021 | Experiments, Surface Quality
These thorny sticks of charcoal are an inspiring bi-product of recent smoke firing and sagger experiments. They originated as garden waste, pruned from my father in law’s rose bush and contributed to the marks and effects on this little pot. I’m marveling at the...
by Jon Williams | Apr 7, 2021 | Experiments, Work in Progress
I think its time to retire these ol’ saggers! #kintsugi anyone? Also… not sure what the shiny black stuff is on the inside the one on the left – tar or creosote maybe? Whatever it is I like it!! ???
by Jon Williams | Apr 2, 2021 | Experiments, Garden Sculpture, Interactive Art, Outside, Surface Quality, Work in Progress
Taking time to appreciate the subtle effects of layering and wiping away slip decoration…. At the moment, these snail sculptures are at the leather hard stage (my favorite!) and still have to dry for a couple of weeks before going in the kiln. Once...
by Jon Williams | Mar 28, 2021 | Beautiful Eastnor, Outside
As we head into Spring, I thought I’d share a few photographs taken on our winter commute! We’re extremely fortunate to live and work on the idyllic Eastnor Castle Estate at the southern end of the Malvern Hills in rural Herefordshire. Our home and...
by Jon Williams | Mar 21, 2021 | Artist, Experiments, Work in Progress
Somewhere in this blackened sagger is a little burnt offering in need of wire wool & wax tlc!
by Jon Williams | Mar 14, 2021 | Artist, Outside, Work in Progress
I love making these!!! – so much fun to produce! ?? They start life on the potters wheel as thin, solid cones. Texture is added whilst the clay spins and each one finally curled from the tip down. They’re insect antennae, added to the bodies of sculptural bees,...
by Jon Williams | Mar 7, 2021 | Social Engagement
The unscheduled break from all the social engagement and classes has provided a golden opportunity to develop my ceramic work. In fact, the lockdown hush fondly reminds me of the time Sarah and myself moved to Eastnor – 26 years ago. At that point in our careers...
by Jon Williams | Mar 4, 2021 | Artist, Exhibitions
Contemporary Ceramics asked me to provide a short piece of writing to accompany the work I sent them. It was suggested I comment on how I got into working with clay: As a child I loved drawing and messing about with mud. We lived on the edge of a large housing estate...
by Jon Williams | Feb 24, 2021 | Artist, Exhibitions, Interactive Art
I have a collection of bee and bug shakers for sale at Contemporary Ceramics in London The gallery is the shop window for the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain (CPA) and exhibits the greatest collectible names in British ceramics alongside the most up and...
by Jon Williams | Feb 21, 2021 | Experiments, Work in Progress
Although I’m a thrower, I do enjoy the challenge of working with other pottery techniques. These slabbed constructions are ceramic bases, designed to support a sculpture on a metal rod. That said, I reckon they look pretty cool as stand alone pieces. I...
by Jon Williams | Feb 14, 2021 | Exhibitions, Experiments, Interactive Art
I recently made a selection of high fired bee and bug shakers for a gallery in London. The high temperature makes for a satisfying ‘ring’ when the rattle is shaken. As I was lowering the last beastie into the kiln, I decided on a whim to save it from the...
by Jon Williams | Feb 7, 2021 | Artist, Experiments, Outside
It’s amazing how a terracotta pot can survive outside in the garden for decades. Season after season it is resilient against the very worst the British Winter can hurl at it. And then, all of a sudden, it quite literally falls to pieces. Frost damage occurs when...
by Jon Williams | Jan 31, 2021 | Artist, Social Engagement
Our studio Eastnor Pottery looking beautiful in the January snow. The Pottery is located near the Malvern Hills on the idyllic Herefordshire Eastnor Castle Estate. I share the space with my wife and fellow potter Sarah Monk. When we’re not working on our own...
by Jon Williams | Jan 28, 2021 | Artist, Interactive Art
I have a collection of bee and bug shakers making their way to Contemporary Ceramics Centre in London. The Gallery is the shop window for The Craft Potter’s Association of Great Britain and is ideally situated in the heart of the capital, opposite The British...
by Jon Williams | Jan 23, 2021 | Artist
Over the years I’ve collaborated with many talented and creative photographers to document my ceramics and social engagement practice. My current go to professional is George Nash AKA Beyond The Beaten Path. George is communicative, super efficient and fun to...
by Jon Williams | Jan 21, 2021 | Experiments, Outside, Work in Progress
Whilst experimenting with smoke fired pottery on the BBQ last Spring, I found a lot of my pots developed hair-line cracks and fissures due to the thermal shock of the flames licking the ware. There was only one course of action – make myself some saggers! Those...
