Osborne & Osborne Pottery
I love local pottery. There is something quite wonderful about driving around Cornwall and spotting a maker’s sign beside the road. It doesn’t have to be pottery either. I am intrigued by anything homemade or handmade. I love the chance discovery of it all. I’m naturally nosey, I suppose. I want to peer in. Cornwall’s pottery tradition Cornwall has a rich ceramic tradition. The county has supplied china clay to the world for generations, an important ingredient in porcelain, and Wheal Martyn Clay Works tells the story of that industry. Then there is Leach Pottery in St Ives, founded in the 1920s, and Cornishware, which isn’t actually made in Cornwall but has become associated with our sea and sky through its bold blue bands. I prefer pottery where the maker’s hand remains visible. I like pieces that feel as though they could have been drawn from the ground itself, with glazes that sit somewhere between familiar shades and textures that ...