Tony Pugh

• Wide interest in ceramics, drawn to pots that are heavily dependant upon the presence of fire in the kiln.
• Work in stoneware and porcelain and fire with gas, usually in a reduction atmosphere.
• Influences tend to be Japanese, Chinese and Korean pots and the work of the studio potters who embraced this tradition in the twentieth century.
• Most of my work is made on the wheel. Some larger pieces are hand built.
• I seek to produce high quality individual studio pieces, mostly using glazes alone as the means to decorate the pot.
• Glaze development is of particular interest. Glazes are prepared from raw materials using traditional oriental recipes as the basis for most.
• Wood ash is used in some. These are used both as a single glaze and in combination with other glazes. Striking colours and effects are sought. Copper reds, mottled purples, blue Chuns and Tenmokus are characteristic.