Doug Fitch Ceramics
Doug fitch at hollyford pottery stockleigh english devon united kingdom.
Doug fitch ceramics. Image courtesy of the international ceramics festival. For over 20 years doug fitch lived and worked in the devon countryside. Ceramics doug fitch. Partners in practice and life slipware potters doug fitch and hannah mcandrew are known for the fine craftsmanship of their pieces.
Land edge arts crediton devon pottery friends from around the world. Doug produces his works from his in scotland with wife hannah mcandrew. Castlegate house cockermouth cumbria. Both of these makers are deeply immersed in the traditions of english country pottery in a.
Centre of ceramic art york art gallery york. He has now moved to galloway in scotland and lives and works with his potter wife hannah mcandrew. Doug shares his studio and life with fellow potter and wife hannah mcandrew and their young family. Hollyford pottery established 2004 is a workshop that i share with my partner hannah mcandrew.
Fitch and mcandrew are internationally renowned potters who live and work in dumfries and galloway scotland. The new craftsmen mayfair london. Best known for his earthenware slip decorated jugs doug throws and fires from his pottery in dumfries and galloway. Anyone looking at his work will see in it the clear influence of medieval and early english potters but his form decoration and glazes are simply stunning.
He works in red earthenware clay the pots simply decorated with appliqué decoration or sgrafitto using a basic palette of traditional slips made from natural raw materials. Web design and photography by pixlpix web programming by red green blue. 2020 doug fitch slipware potter terms conditions. Equally so are the sgraffito jugs doug produces which combine the art of the pottery with the art of the illustrator.
Here they share their ap. Literally getting stuck in and your hands dirty is a daily occurrence to a potter but all in a good way. How to make a slipware pottery jug demonstrated by doug fitch founder of douglas fitch slipware pottery. Gallery st ives tokyo japan.