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 | 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 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 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 | 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 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 | 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 14, 2021 | Artist, Experiments, Interactive Art, Work in Progress
I’ve been developing more rattles and shakers, this time in the shape of bugs and bees. Each little beastie is made entirely from sections created on the potter’s wheel. The separate elements are joined together and smoothed to give the appearance of being...
by Jon Williams | Jun 23, 2020 | Artist, Exhibitions, Experiments, installation, Interactive Art, Outside, Social Engagement
https://jonwilliamspottery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/QVUN7245.mp4 Tree Pringles! The latest incarnation of x30 or so wheel thrown disks. They made their debut at Fresh Air Sculpture Exhibition a few years back as a purely sculptural piece, stacked one on...
by Jon Williams | May 21, 2020 | Exhibitions, installation, Interactive Art
Throwback Thursday: Electro Bees in the Black Country Aug 2016 Back in the depths of Winter 2015 Jon was approached by Creative Black Country to contribute a work of art for a field of ceramic flowers, being ‘grown’ by community groups in West Bromwich and the...
by Jon Williams | May 14, 2020 | Interactive Art, Social Engagement
Throwback Thursday: Making Together at Birmingham Settlement 2018 This was a year-long programme of inter-generational making based activity initiated by Craftspace and took place at Birmingham Settlement. I was one of six makers who got to work with early-years...
