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Current Work

John Calver has been making stoneware pottery from white stoneware clays since 1981. Many forms are altered dynamically while the clay is soft.
He has exhibited widely, both in the UK and Overseas. He is represented in a number of public collections.

Work generally available from:
Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire
Booth House Gallery, Holmfirth, Yorkshire
Thornthwaite Gallery, Cumbria
and from the pottery at Yealand Redmayne.

Technical Information

Functional forms are thrown using white firing stoneware clays. Many forms are altered dynamically while the clay is soft. Pulled or wire-cut handles, and textured feet may be added. Techniques used in decoration include chattering, impressing fabric, rope and clay stamps, and brushing, trailing, inlaying and sponging slips onto the surface. After biscuit firing the pots are glazed by pouring overlapping layers of up to six glazes on to any one piece. The work is reduction fired to 1310 degrees centigrade in a 35cu.ft. oil kiln.

History

I studied Civil Engineering at London University and worked as an engineer for five years in Newcastle-on-Tyne and Kingston, Jamaica. Attendance at an adult education class in Newcastle aroused an interest in clay. That interest became all-consuming, and, on my return to England from Jamaica in 1973, I established my own work-shop at Yealand Redmayne in North Lancashire. From 1973 to 1978 I produced a range of burnished and glazed earthenware. 1979 saw another opportunity to travel abroad and I spent two years in Egypt. On returning to my workshop in 1981, I began making stoneware, work which I continue to the present.

Awards:
1989 Northern Arts Grant to partly fund a three month study tour of Australia.

Professional Societies:
1986-1988 - Director of Lakeland Guild Galleries.
1989-1990 - Committee member for 'Northern Potters Association'.
1990 - Appointed Fellow of the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain

Demonstrations and Teaching

1989 - Northern Potters Association (one day); Krempl Keramik, Munich, Germany (half day); Four demonstrations & lectures to Potter Groups in Australia
1991 - Chiltern & Decoram potters (Guest potter); Australian Tour (3 months of one and two day demonstrations to 15 Potters Groups);Ceramic Study Group of Sydney (one week residential school).
1992 - Southern Ceramics Group (one day); Northern Potters Association ( Guest potter).
1993 - Scottish Potters Association (Guest potter); Northern Potters Association (two one day demonstrations in my own work-shop); Australia - one month tour and demonstrations to seven Potters Groups; New Zealand - two month tour, two day demonstrations to six Potters Groups.
1994 - CPA Potters Market at Rufford; CPA of Ireland (Guest potter at annual two day event)
1995 - University of Central Lancashire (Visiting lecturer for 2 weeks); National Festival of Ceramics; East Anglia Potters Association; The Barnet Collection (one day).
1996 - Christchurch College, Canterbury (one day); Kent Potters Association (one day); New Zealand - two month tour (demonstrations to four Potters Groups, seven days including kiln firings with Canterbury Potters, Christchurch)
1997 - Bromley Adult Education, London (one day); Northern Potters Association (Guest potter); CPA Potters Market at Bloxham; U.S.A. visit - The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, D.C. (two days), Middlesex County College, Edison. N.J. (one day); Canada - Richmond Potters (five day school plus two day demonstration); Delta Potters (five day school)
1999 - University of Central Lancashire (Visiting lecturer, 6 days); Midland Potters Association; Wirral Potters Association; Royal Scottish Academy (Lecture); Canada - Red Deer College Summer School, Alberta (five days), Thompson Valley Potters Guild, Kamloops, B.C. (three days); U.S.A. - Wesleyan Potters, Inc. Middletown, C.T. (five days)
2000 - CPA Potters Market at Oxford (1 hour)
2001 - North Wales Potters (one day)
2002 - Sierra Nevada College (five days)
2003 - Sierra Nevada College ( five days ), Carolina Clay Guild ( two days )
2004 - Carolina Clay Guild, October 4/9
2007 - Scottish Potters’ Association (Guest potter at annual two day event)
2007 - East Anglia Potters’ Association (One day).
2008 - West Forrest Potters ( One day )
2009 - 'Earth and Fire', Rufford.
2011 - Solway Ceramics Centre ( Five days )

Publications

Featured in:
1989 - Pottery in Australia (December)
1989/6 - Monthly Crafts, Korea
1989 - Artists Newsletter 'Firing with Oil' (July)
1991 - Ceramic Review, 'A Potters Progress' (March)
1993 - Ceramic Art & Perception - 'My Other Layer';
1993 - Artists Newsletter 'Twice to Australia' (January);
1993 - New Zealand Potter, Vol 35, no.2
1994 - Ceramics and Print by Paul Scott, A&C Black (pages 42-45)
1995 - 'Advanced Pottery Techniques' by Doug Wensley, Crowood Press.
1996 - 'The Potters Palate' by Constant & Ogden, Chilton Book Co. (page 46)
1998 - The Potters Directory of Shape and Form, French & Neal, Krause
2000 - Ceramics Monthly, December.
2002 - 'Stoneware' by Richard Dewar, A&C Black
2002 - 'The Ceramic Surface', Matthias Ostermann, A&C Black.
2002 - 'The Potters Guide to Ceramic Surfaces', Jo Connell, Crowood.
2005 'The Teapot Book', Steve Woodhead, A&C Black

Exhibitions

1973 - John Peartree Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
1985 - Linton Court Gallery, Settle
1986 - Lancashire Polytechnic, Preston
1987 - Post Office Gallery, Quernmore, Lancaster
1988 - Mid-Pennine Arts Association, Burnley
1989 - Broughton Place Gallery, Lanarkshire; David Holmes Ceramics, Halifax; South Bank Gallery, Hebden Bridge; Krempl Keramik, Munich, Germany; Lancaster City Museum
1991 - Amalgam Art, Barnes, London; Contemporary Ceramics, New Members Show; St. James' Gallery, Bath
1992 - Terrace Gallery, Worthing; Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh; Represented in the Fletcher Challenge Exhibition, Auckland, New Zealand (1992 and 1995)
1993 - Pyramid Gallery, York
1994 - Sark Gallery, Hethersgill, Carlisle; Broughton Place Gallery, Lanarkshire
1995 - Lowes Court Gallery, Cumbria; Laburnum Ceramics, Penrith, Cumbria
1997 - Anderson Gallery, Broadway, Worcestershire
1999 - Royal Scottish Academy, "Visual Arts Scotland" - Guest exhibitor
1999 - 2007 - Annual Exhibition at Stokoe House Gallery, Alston, Cumbria
2004 - Moring Arts Center, Asheboro, North Carolina.
2005 - Broughton Place Gallery, Lanarkshire
2009 - 2011 - Annual Exhibition at East Windy Hall, Reeth, Yorkshire.

Collections

- Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
- Lancaster City Museum
- Ceramic Study Group, Sydney, Australia
- The British Tea Museum
- City of Stoke-on-Trent Museum
- W.A.Ismay Collection, York City Museum

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Ceramics by John Calver at Studiopottery.co.uk - home John in the workshop.

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Ceramics by John Calver at Studiopottery.co.uk - <b>Platter,</b> 40cms diameter. This slip-decorated stoneware platter has been finished with several glazes poured in partly overlapping layers to give rich variation in colour. Hanger on the reverse. Post and packing extra. Ceramics by John Calver at Studiopottery.co.uk - Pair of Goblets, 19cms tall. These goblets are decorated with a chrome slip. The glaze, which contains copper, gathers on the spiral stem giving a deep aubergine red.
Ceramics by John Calver at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2010. Thrown square plate, 26cms diameter. Ceramics by John Calver at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2010. Serving tray. 40 cms long.
Ceramics by John Calver at Studiopottery.co.uk - Ceramics by John Calver at Studiopottery.co.uk - 2010. Goblets, 18cms tall.

Contact Details

Studio Address: 23 Silverdale Road, Yealand Redmayne, Carnforth, Lancashire, UK, LA5 9TA.
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Telephone: +44 (0)1524 781362
Email:

Availability: Visitors are welcome whenever I am in the workshop. Unconventional working hours make it advisable to telephone first.

Directions: From Junction 35 on M6 head North on A6 for approximately 3 miles, then turn left for Yealand Redmayne.



Last Updated: 2013-01-09

Events featuring this potter

Rufford Craft Centre : Earth and Fire 2013 at Rufford
June 21, 2013 to June 23, 2013

Potfest in the Park : Potfest in the Park 2013
July 26, 2013 to July 28, 2013

Courses available:

Altering and Decorating Thrown Forms - John Calver
12th August 2013 to 16th August 2013

Work styles:

Stoneware
Thrown
Tenmoku
Sang de boeuf
Vases & Bowls
Teapots
Kitchen & Tableware
Reduction
Oil
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