john wheeldon

for fine raku pots

4 West End
Wirksworth, Derbyshire DE4 4EG
Telephone +44(0)1629 822356

http://www.johnwheeldonceramics.co.uk

email: ejw@johnwheeldonceramics.co.uk

John Wheeldon lives in Wirksworth in the Derbyshire Dales specialising in the making of Raku fired ceramics using several different techniques.

What is Raku!

An ancient technique, originating in Japan, but now practised by many potters in the West. Its defining characteristic is a firing method whereby pots are removed from the kiln at a temperature of around 1000 degrees centigrade and then subjected to various post-firing processes. The finished pots, although fragile and porous, exhibit a range of magical surface qualities unobtainable by normal methods of manufacture.