Nick Membery
I make reduction fired stoneware and my primary concern has always been to make pots for everyday use.
I am influenced by usable vessels of any nature and by my time spent as an apprentice. For many years I was influenced by the making process itself.
Now after twenty years as a maker my intention is to make high quality kitchen and tableware which I consider to be a reaction against mass production and consumerism.
Born
1968, Worcester
Education
1991–1993 Manningtree Pottery, apprentice to Mike Goddard
1987–1991 Middlesex University BA (Hons) Ceramics
1989–1990 Placement year: Poterie de Bourzolles, the Lot, Southern France
Manningtree Pottery, Essex
1986–1987 Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology
Exhibitions
2010 Domestic Contemporaries, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
2007 Ceramics in the City, Geffrye Museum, London
2006 Culinary Ceramics, Abergavenny Museum
Ceramics in the City, Geffrye Museum, London
2005 Art in Action, Waterperry Gardens, Oxfordshire
Ceramica Cymru, Llandeilo, Carms
Ceramics in the City, Geffrye Museum, London
2003 Oxford Studio Ceramics
Ceramica Cymru, Llandeilo, Carms
Ceramics in the City, Geffrye Museum, London
2002 All set for Christmas, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
Art in Action, Waterperry Gardens, Oxfordshire
Ceramics in the City, Geffrye Museum, London
1999 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool
Chelsea Crafts Fair
1997 Earth & Fire, Rufford, Notts
Summer Exhibition, St. James’ Gallery, Bath
Chelsea Crafts Fair
Publications
1999 The Complete Practical Potter, Josie Warshaw
1997 Ceramic Review, Issue 168