Ceramics: Art and Perception

Keith Brymer Jones – Potter

Being a potter can sometimes be a lonely existence, spending time in the studio working on new ranges for clients.

Last year saw the second series of a programme I’ve been involved with as a judge for the BBC called (TGPTD). On the back of the encouraging viewing figures (which constitutes success in the eyes of TV-land people) from the first series, there were great expectations for the second, which I hasten to add delivered and has put pottery on the map as a genuine cognitive experience, and added a sense of value for the viewer, not only regarding the completed work, but in the process required to achieve it.

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