WESTGATE POTTERY

Westgate Pottery was established in South Devon in 2019 having moved from Norfolk two years earlier. We have a great location overlooking the sea, the Teign estuary and Dartmoor.

I really enjoy making functional tableware which is good to look at and comfortable in the hand. My pots are once fired to stoneware temperature (1225C), making them robust for everyday use at the table.

All work is dishwasher and microwave proof, also fine in a medium hot oven if heated reasonably gradually. Mugs and cups are a favourite.....used several times a day, handled, and put in the mouth so a best mug is a comfort for years.  

I first came across clay and making pots at school, then later at Art College in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. From there I was apprenticed at Le Dieu Pottery in Norwich for almost five years, working up from mixing clay to throwing small to medium sized pots. I always wanted to learn more so during my two week summer holiday, I worked for Ray Finch at Winchcombe pottery, absorbing the way a master potter approached his work.

After 23 years tea... Read more