Clive Bowen is one of the leading figures of British studio pottery and, now in his eighties, continues to work at the pottery he established at Shebbear in North Devon in 1971. This exhibition marks fifty five years of making there, tracing a sustained and singular commitment to the language of slipware. From the beginning, Shebbear has been both workshop and home, shaped by shared labour, hospitality and a belief in pottery as part of daily life, alongside his wife Rosie. Bowen’s work has developed with quiet assurance over five decades. Though rooted in the English slipware tradition, in recent years he has spent time in Japan, where his pots have found a strong response, extending a conversation around slip decoration and firing that continues to inform the work shown here.
About Clive Bowen
Clive Bowen (b.1943, Cardiff) is one of the most important figures in British studio pottery, celebrated for his revival and reinvention of the English slipware tradition.
