Alison and Mark established Oxfordshire Arts in 2014 in a small studio at the bottom of their garden in Abingdon. They expanded in 2017 to fill a new, purpose-built studio at their new home near East Hendred. This has facilities for making, glazing and firing many forms of ceramics. Ceramics courses and workshops are run throughout the year and details about what’s on offer can be found here. Regular monthly classes are also run for Glass Fusing – details can be found here.
We are currently looking for experienced Pottery/Ceramics Tutors to teach in our purpose-built Pottery Studio. For details look here.
Tutors
Alison Jones (Lead Tutor) studied at Camberwell College of Applied Arts, London for a B.A. Hons. Degree in Ceramics. Since graduating in 1995 she has taught pottery and figurative sculpture courses at Sunningwell School of Art, founded and teaches at Oxfordshire Arts and is a ceramics tutor at a variety of schools and community centres in the South Oxfordshire area. Alison is a member of the Oxfordshire Craft Guild, and is an Associate Member of the Craft Potters Association. A selection of her work can be seen in this online gallery. Her work is currently exhibited in Burford at Cotswold Glass and Crafts, at Sidmouth’s Azure Gallery, at Gallery @ 500ft in Lynton, Devon and at Quay Art in Padstow. Alison teaches weekly pottery classes and one day Raku workshops.
Jon Crute studied studio ceramics at Falmouth College of Arts and went on to teach pottery in adult education and ran clay workshops. He also worked as a ceramic technician in Oxford. Jon specialises in throwing, pit/barrel firing and sagar firing in a gas kiln. Jon teaches weekly classes and one day firing technique workshops.
Debbie Page is a studio potter and pottery teacher based in South Oxfordshire. She has had a fascination for Moon Jars since seeing a striking image of Lucie Rie next to a Korean Moon Jar that had been given to her by Bernard Leech. Debbie makes all her work by hand, using pinching and coiling techniques, together with plaster or bisque moulds to help shape and support the pieces until they are sufficiently dry to be joined and fettled. She has experience in Raku firing, Smoke firing and Obvara, and regularly tutors our one-day Raku Workshops.
Steven Broughton is a ceramic artist currently working at Abingdon & Witney College, and fascinated with the functional form – things that anyone can use in everyday life. In his work, form always comes first, with decoration a secondary thought. Steven teaches one-day throwing workshops.
Dawn Miles well known in this area for formerly owning Creative Corner in Abingdon has recently returned to Oxfordshire and is now once again teaching. Dawn will be leading one day introductory workshops to decorative glass.
Lynne Fisher teaches half day and full day precious metal clay classes. Her web site is: Lily Mae Studios. A desire to create a particular piece of jewellery in silver led to her discovery of silver clay in 2019 and she was hooked! She completed her full Certification in PMC in 2021 while running a small handmade jewellery business. She relocated from Switzerland to Oxfordshire in 2022. Lynne is a member of JASSO (Jewellery and Silver Society of Oxford) and an instructor member of AMCAW (Alliance for Metal Clay Arts Worldwide). Some of her work is exhibited in West Ox Arts Gallery in Bampton (where she is a member) and also at Kingfisher Studios and Gallery, Crawley Mill, Witney.