About

Current Work

 Making pots from her studio in Falmouth, Amanda uses local clay from St.Agnes in Cornwall and the pots are fired to a high stoneware temperature. Her current work is glazed with a subtle pale blue that is intended to represent the soothing tranquillity of Cornwall’s sea and sky. The base of the pots are often left unglazed showing the colour of the natural clay, which has a toasted warmth and sand like quality.  

The ceramic journey

Amanda studied Studio Ceramics at Falmouth University and graduated in 2000.  Shortly after gaining her degree she started work at Leach Pottery in St.Ives, Cornwall and began making pots in the original pottery with Trevor Corser and Joanna Wason.

“I have always been interested in the work of Bernard Leach and others working in this tradition, and as I started to learn skills and techniques that had been passed through the pottery for many years, my work began to resemble more and more characteristics of Leach pots. We used a similar clay body and some of the same glaze recipes that had been used in the pottery for over 80 years. I felt privileged to be working in such a historic place. It was an experience I look back on with delight, a most valued start to my career as a studio potter”.

Amanda still works at Leach Pottery, currently part time as a Learning and Participation Officer.

Since her first exhibition in 1999 at Falmouth Arts Centre, she has exhibited work at many shows and galleries in the UK and joining exhibitions in the United States and Japan. Amanda has also been a member of the Cornwall Crafts Association for 18 years.   

Exhibitions and Shows

1999 Joint exhibition, Falmouth Arts Centre

2001 Joint exhibition, Sherborne House, Dorset

2004 Art in Clay, Hatfield House, Hertfordshire

Art in Clay, The Maltings, Farnham

2005 Art in Clay, Hatfield House

Art in Clay, The Maltings

2006 Totally Teabowls, The Oakwood Gallery, Nottinghamshire

Potfest, Bristol

Ceramics South East, Alesford, Kent

Potfest, Bakewell, Derbyshire.

Ceramics Arts Fair, St.Ives (in support of the Leach Pottery)

Art in Clay, Hatfield House.

Solo exhibition, Falmouth Arts Centre

Joint exhibition, Westmont College, California USA

Ceramics in the City, London

Art in Clay, Farnham.

2007     Ceramics South East, Alesford Kent.

Art in Clay, Hatfield House

Totally Teabowls, Oakwood Gallery

Teabowl Exhibition, Gallery St.Ives, Tokyo, Japan

Ceramic Arts Fair, St.Ives (in support of the Leach Pottery)

2008     Ceramics South East

Potfest South West

Shine Fair, Trelowarren

2010 Flower Show Exhibition, Leach Pottery

2012    Chawan Expo Japan (travelling chawan exhibition)

2014     CCA Focus Exhibition Trelissick Gallery, Cornwall

2016 Solo Exhibition, Leach Pottery

2018 Teachers’ Pots Exhibition, Leach Pottery