Jeremy Steward trained in Cornwall and then in Cardiff before being invited to join Wobage in 1995. Since then he has made wheel-thrown, wood-fired salt-glazed stoneware and porcelain.
"Alongside a driving motivation to make functional pots, I am inspired by the soft fluidity of the materials themselves; clay on the wheel, slip and raw-glaze.
My work is decorated in various ways; I often draw, a sort of wet scragfitto, while the pot is still on the wheel, or after the pot has been slipped. Otherwise they might be embellished with stamps, roulettes or finger-wipes, a vocabulary of abstract marks which are forever changing, but which consiste
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Patia Davis was invited to join the workshops at Wobage in 1991 following graduation from Cardiff and previously Harrow Studio Pottery Course.
Her gentle porcelain forms evoke a sense of quiet and calm. It is the beautiful smoothness of the thrown material which emphasises the directness of the maker’s touch; hand against rib, inner tension with lift and softness of rim. With crispness, fluidity and care in the making, these qualities are relinquished to the glazed pot upon firing, captured underneath the subtle pale hues of transparent glaze. The porcelain is bisqued and then gas-fired to 1300C.
The warm, rich colours and strong forms o
Petra Steward (nee Reynolds) trained in the South East and then on degree at Cardiff before joining Wobage in 1995.
Petra’s innovative techniques in slab-building and decorating have in recent years earned her a reputation as one of the leading contemporary makers in the UK. Construction begins with one of many paper templates. Clay slabs are then cut around, mitred, bent and folded into a range of domestic shapes.
The inspiration for her decoration is many fold. From playful experimentation with line, pattern and composition, sketches evolve firstly on paper into monochrome or colour monoprint and collagraph. Decoration on pots takes pla
Jack studied ceramics at Plymouth College of Art, then a degree at Cardiff Met University. Also a useful residential at the renowned Gothenburg School of Craft and Design in Sweden. He was apprenticed part-time to Jeremy at the Pottery in 2013 and 2014, becoming a valuable member of the Wobage team. Jack has since helped us with kiln-building projects, firstly at Aberystwyth's ICF (International Ceramics Festival) where we built and wood-fired a small 'back-yard' Phoenix kiln, and subsequently a much bigger Phoenix salt-kiln.
Jeremy mentored a group of young graduate students in a project entitled 'Clay & Vapour' in 2023 & 2024
Ana was apprenticed to Jeremy at the pottery for 2 years between 2012 and 2015, following graduation from the Ceramics BA(Hons)degree in Cardiff. Ana is presently Lead Ceramics teacher at Bedales Senior School in Petersfield. She continues to make pots in her spare time and holidays, working in wheel-thrown porcelain and stoneware from her own private studio. Broad throwing lines and faceting often describe the spontaneous gesture of the maker's hands, whilst capturing the malleability of the soft clay she uses. These marks which are key to Ana's functional shapes, are enhanced by a quiet palette of fluid reduction glazes, fired to 1280˚C.