John Butler

Height 33 cm

John Butler is a young maker who makes tactile thrown pots, mostly intended for use with food. He is inspired by "the energy of playing with mud and fire"

John set up his first workshop in Pembrokeshire, Wales in October 2001 after finishing a Ceramics Degree at the University of Westminster, Harrow. In August 2003 he moved to his second workshop in Somerset, with John Mackenzie. As of October 2004 he is now making at his new workshop in Brixton, London, transporting pots down to fire in a woodfired anagama kiln in Somerset.

Education

1997-8: Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art and Design (Distinction), Weymouth College, Dorset.

1998-2001: BA(Hons) Ceramics (First Class), University of Westminster, Harrow.

Employment

December 2002: Wall installation entirely covering a 37 square metre wall at the Marylebone Campus of the University of Westminster. Collaborative; with Anne Jamison, Debbie Metherell and Jonna Behrens.

January 2003, and October - December 2004: Visiting Lecturer, University of Westminter. Throwing tuition and anagama wood-firing

Articles

Anagama Five in Ceramic Review No 201, May/June 2003

Exhibitions/Fairs

June 2001: University of Westminster Degree Show, Harrow, Middx.

June 2001/03/04: Earth and Fire, Rufford Country Park, Notts.

July 2001: New Designers, Business Design Centre, London.

August 2001/02/03/04: National Pottery and Ceramics Festival (Art in Clay), Hatfield House, Herts.
Awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in the Craftsman Magazine Best Student Award 2001.

March/April 2002: In The Firing Line, Eton Applied Arts, Eton, Berks.

September 2002: Llandeilo Festival of Pottery and Ceramics (Ceramica 2002), Dyfed, Wales.

October 2002: Oxford Studio Ceramics (Craft Potters Association), Oxfordshire.

November 2002/03/04: Southern Pottery and Ceramics Festival (Art in Clay), Farnham.

July 2003: Ceramics Fair Wales, Newport, Wales.

July 2003/04: Potfest in the Park, Penrith, Cumbria.

September 2003/04: Potfest Southwest, Frome, Somerset.

May 2004: ClayArt, Denbigh, Wales.

Approximate Height 23 cm