Tony Hall
Artwork for Tony Hall
Two piece pot photo credit Gilles Pouliquen
Details
How would you describe the work you do and why?
I make terracotta garden pots for our climate in Britain. My stoneware ceramics are practical and sometimes sculptural.
For you what does being an artist mean?:
I have made my living from Pottery all of my working life.
Describe what you call yourself/your practice?:
Potter and ceramicist
Your practice & activities include e.g workshops, teaching:
I take my demonstrations of throwing big ware to Potteries. The B&W photograph was taken in Brittany last year, I often demonstrate for CUP Hereford and this year I am demonstrating at Cabalva near Hay.
CV & Education, relevant & leading to your artistic practice:
I trained as a potter in the Pottery Village of La Borne France and worked for thirty years as a big ware thrower at Whichford Pottery .
Your gallery outlets/stockists:
I sell my terracotta exclusively from my pottery.
My ceramics are for sale at my studios, Richard Studer Fine Art Presteigne, and the Octagon Whichford