Russell Gibbs: Shop

After graduating from Cumbria College of Art & design under the tutelage of Jim Malone and Mike Dodd, Russell went on to work with Colin Pearson, Bryan Temple in the USA and Peter Strong.

Russell has always worked in earthenware using the traditional techniques of slipware decoration on raw glazed once-fired pots, which are fired in oxidization to 1120°C.

He takes influences from the Leach tradition of East and West, and the Korean and Japanese techniques of hakeme and Oribe styles, but his work is always developing. Russell also produces a more traditional slipware range, for domestic use, based on T.G. Green’s Cornish ware.

In 2020 Russell opened his Studio workshop in Cheddar Gorge, where he works with Whichford Pottery earthenware clay. These recent pots are fired in an electric kiln at 1060 degrees with white slip, using honey and green glazes, in a hakeme/Tang style.