I consider Pinch Pots to be at the centre of my varied practice. They anchor me to my original, and only, ceramics tutor. My teacher also had a varied output, but used the pinch pot to re-establish himself with clay, if he’d had to be away from it for long.
It’s probably the most intimate form of vessel making. Just a ball of soft clay, held in the human hand, and gently hollowed with the fingers to make a cup, a bowl, a pot.
Above are a small selection of pots I’ve recently made using paper-clay and porcelain. In the past I’ve also made pinch pots which I’ve gone on to burnish, and smoke-fire.
The pot at the front of the group of three, above, is not much bigger than a large walnut.
PAST
Mixed Online Exhibition – (Yunomis) Thrown Contemporary, 2020
Mixed Exhibition – Contemporary Ceramics, London. 2016
Group Exhibition – (Short Film) – ‘Ffilm 2‘
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales
Group Exhibition – (Sculpture)
Shrewsbury Art Gallery, England
Sculpture Commision – ‘Earth, Water, Air, Fire‘ – Private Garden in Wales
Mixed Exhibition – (Burnished Pots) Tredegar House, Wales (2003)
Mixed Exhibition – (Burnished Pots) Albany Gallery, Cardiff, Wales (2002)
Mixed Exhibition – (Stoneware Urns) Hannah Peschar Gallery, Surrey, England (2001)
Mixed Exhibition – (Stoneware Vessels) Model House Craft Centre, Wales (2000)
Mixed Exhibition – (Stoneware Urns) Hannah Peschar Gallery, Surrey, England (2000)
Mixed Exhibition – (Burnished Pots) National Eisteddfod, ’10 Years Winners Celebration’ (2000)
Mixed Exhibition – (Stoneware Urns) Olympia Fine Arts Fair, with Hannah Peschar (1999)
Mixed Exhibition – (Burnished Pots) Albany Gallery, Cardiff, Wales (1999)
Mixed Exhibition – (Stoneware Urns) Hannah Peschar Gallery, Surrey, England (1998)
Mixed Exhibition – (Stoneware Urns) Hannah Peschar Gallery, Surrey, England (1997)
Mixed Exhibition – (Stoneware Urns) Hannah Peschar Gallery, Surrey, England (1996)
Mixed Exhibition – (Stoneware Urns) Hannah Peschar Gallery, Surrey, England (1995)
Mixed Exhibition – (Stoneware Vessels) Oriel Pendreitch, Caernarfon, Wales (1995)
Mixed Exhibition – (Stoneware Urns) Collection Gallery, Ledbury, England (1994)
Mixed Exhibition – (Stoneware Urns) Hannah Peschar Gallery, Surrey, England (1994)
Mixed Exhibition – (Stoneware Urns) Hannah Peschar Gallery, Surrey, England (1993)
Mixed Exhibition -(Stoneware Vessels) Terrace Gallery, Worthing, England (1993)
Mixed Exhibition – (Stoneware Urns) London Contemporary Art Fair, Olympia, London (1992)
Mixed Exhibition – (Stoneware Urns) Ruthin Crafts Centre, Wales (1992)
Exhibition – David Frith/Linda John – Ladygate Gallery, York, England (1992)
Mixed Exhibition – (Stoneware Urns) – Hannah Peschar Gallery, Surrey, England (1992)
Exhibition – Jane Perryman/Linda John (Burnishedware) – Ashdown Gallery, England (1992)
National Eisteddfod of Wales (Urns) – Craft Masterpiece Gold Medal, Winner. (1991)
SSA Annual Exhibition (Sculpture) – Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. 1975
‘Young Contemporaries’ – (Mixed Media Textile, Hanging), National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. 1972
