Mark Melbourne: Featured Potter
This week’s Featured Potter is Mark Melbourne. Mark trained at Muchelney Pottery before spending four years in West Africa as a VSO volunteer: kiln building, training and making pots. In 1998 he established his own pottery in Somerset and developed a strong tableware range combining ideas and influences from African and English Country pottery. In 2002 Mark rejoined the Muchelney Pottery crew full time.
Mark's personal work sees him regularly experimenting with form and surface decoration. He has a small workshop space where he throws, then fires his work alongside the Muchelney Kitchenware in the three-chambered wood-fired kiln, giving his pots their beautiful rich glazes.
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