Fitch & McAndrew

slipware ceramics

Fitch & McAndrew
Open to the public
Yes, by appointment only
Provides courses or training
Not specified
Available for craft fairs
Not specified

Contact

Castle Douglas
Galloway
Doug Fitch
m: 07789735398

About

I work in red earthenware clay, the pots simply decorated, with appliqué decoration or sgrafitto, using a basic palette of traditional slips that are made from natural raw materials. The majority of my pots are thrown on the wheel with some press moulded dishes, decorated with freely trailed lines.

The forms, principally large jugs, draw influence from the work of the medieval potters of England and the subsequent tradition of slip decorated country pottery that was prevalent in this country until the early twentieth century.

I’ve been making pots for most of my life. It’s a strange thing, to be excited by something as simple as a brown clay jug and I can’t explain it, but it seems that it happens to some people; it just gets under your skin.

Mini craft gallery

Group of slipware jars