William Plumptre
In 1985, having studied ceramic design at Chelsea College of Art, William Plumptre travelled to Japan. There he continued his training in the workshops of three different potters, including one year with the Japanese master, Tatsuzo Shimaoka, a National Treasure. The training regime was rigorous and repetitive but he returned to England with greater knowledge and understanding of the Japanese way of producing and firing pottery in a traditional climbing kiln.
In 1987 William Plumptre set up his first pottery in Hartsop near Patterdale, where he built his own oil-fired kiln in the outbuildings of a traditional stone built Lakeland house. He moved into a seventeenth century farmhouse in nearby Witherslack in 1994 and established a new studio where he creates his pottery today.
He throws with robust stoneware clay and makes a variety of press moulded bottles and dishes. With the use of rope and material, each piece is then inlaid with different coloured slips. His glazes are made largely of local materials including wood ash and granite, all of his work is reduction fired in the sixty-five cubic foot gas-fired kiln, which he designed himself.
Public Collections include:
Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria; Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery; Banque Paribas, London; Blackwell Arts and Crafts House, Windermere, Cumbria; Royal Bank of Scotland, London
William Plumptre was the subject of a solo exhibition, A Very English Tradition, in November 2020.
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Thrown Vase View details
William Plumptre
Thrown Vase
2020inlaid slip with iron and copperH:19cm W:10cm£250Thrown Paddled Bottle View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Paddled Bottle
2020inlaid slip with ironH:30cm W:13cm D:13cm£800Thrown Vases and Cut Sided Vase View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Vases and Cut Sided Vase
2020inlaid slip, iron slip with finger wipe and stampH:12-13cm W:7-9cm£145 (middle available)William Plumptre in his Cumbrian studio View details-
Large Dish, Thrown Vase and Thrown Paddled Bottle View details
William Plumptre
Large Dish, Thrown Vase and Thrown Paddled Bottle
2020glazed stoneware, inlaid slipSoldThrown Bowl View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Bowl
2020inlaid slip with iron and copperH:32cm W:11cmSoldThrown Vase View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Vase
2020inlaid slip with iron and copperH:26cm W:25cmSoldThrown Vase View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Vase
2020inlaid slip with ironH:31cm W:28cmSoldThrown Paddled Bottle View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Paddled Bottle
2020inlaid slip with iron and copperH:24cm W:17cm D:15cmSoldPress Mould Square Dish View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Press Mould Square Dish
2020inlaid slip with iron and copperH:30cm W:30cm D:8cmSoldThrown Bowl View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Bowl
2020inlaid slip with cobalt and copper and ironH:12cm W:51cmSoldThrown Paddled Bottle View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Paddled Bottle
2020inlaid slip with iron and combH:24cm W:17cm D:15cmSoldThrown Paddled Bottle View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Paddled Bottle
2020inlaid slip with ironH:38cm W:15cmSoldThrown Vase View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Vase
2020inlaid slip with iron and copperH:64cm W:28cmSoldThrown Paddled Bottle View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Paddled Bottle
2020iron with nuka and combH:24cm W:15cm D:15cmSoldPress Mould Bottle View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Press Mould Bottle
2020inlaid slip with iron and copperH:19cm W:13cm D:5cmSoldThrown Paddled Vase View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Paddled Vase
2020inlaid slip with iron and copperH:42cm W:20cm D:20cmSoldThrown Bowls View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Bowls
2020inlaid slipH:7cm W:11cmSoldPress Mould Bottle View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Press Mould Bottle
2020inlaid slip with iron and combH:25cm W:13cm D:8cmSoldPress Mould Bottle View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Press Mould Bottle
2020inlaid slip with iron and combH:25cm W:10cm D:9cmSoldLidded Box (open) View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Lidded Box (open)
2020inlaid slip with iron and copperH:10cm W:8cmSoldLidded Box View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Lidded Box
2020inlaid slip with iron and copperH:10cm W:8cmSoldThrown Lidded Bowls View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Lidded Bowls
2020inlaid slipH:12cm W:10cmSoldThrown Lidded Bowl View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Lidded Bowl
2020inlaid slipH:12cm W:10cmSoldThrown Tea Bowls View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Tea Bowls
2020iron with wax resist and cobalt, inlaid slip with ironH:12cm W:9-11cmSoldPaddled Thrown Bottle View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Paddled Thrown Bottle
2020inlaid slip with iron and cobaltH:15cm W:12cm D:10cmSoldThrown Vases View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Vases
2020inlaid slipH:10-11cm W:9cmSoldPress Mould Dish View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Press Mould Dish
2020inlaid slip with ironH:19cm W:13cmSoldTiles View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Tiles
2020inliad slip with nuka, tenmokuH:13-15cm W:23-24cmSoldThrown Plate View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Plate
2016stonewareH:6cm D:32cmSoldThrown Bowl View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Bowl
2016stonewareH:8cm D:17cmSoldThrown Vase View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Thrown Vase
2016stonewareH:13cm W:11cmSoldVase View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Vase
2015StonewareH:25.5cm W:10cmSoldVase View detailsWilliam Plumptre
Vase
2015StonewareH:18cm W:10cmSoldThrown Plate View detailsLoading
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