Useful Links
Local Suppliers
CTM Pottery Supplies
You can get pretty much anything you need for pottery making from CTM.
CTM offer discounts for WPA members.
Kilnsmiths
Install, service and repair kilns covering from Lands End to Honiton.
Kiln Sales, Servicing and technical support
Bath Potters Supplies is a family run company with a knowledgeable friendly team, they are passionate about delivering a first class service in everything for working with ceramics.
Potclays
Expert pottery suppliers since 1932, passionate about keeping the craft of ceramics alive.
National Suppliers
Scarva Pottery Supplies
We are the world's leading supplier of ceramic materials and equipment.
Bluematchbox Potter's Supplies
Bluematchbox has been in potter's supplies since 2003. They carry a great range of clays, glazes, raw materials and tools, and readily supply potters kilns, wheels, machines and equipment from a range of well known manufacturers.
Digital Ceramic Systems Ltd are suppliers of digital ceramic printing technology.
Suppliers of electric kiln elements for most manufacturers and models
Local Galleries
The Leach Pottery, founded in 1920 by Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, is among the most respected and influential studio potteries in the world. Over the last hundred years it has forged the shape of Studio Pottery in the UK and beyond.
Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange is an educational arts charity, an Arts Council England National Portfolio organisation, an Arts Council Collection National Partner and a Cornwall Council Strategic Arts Client.
Tate St.Ives
Their mission is to increase the public’s enjoyment and understanding of British art from the 16th century to the present day and of international modern and contemporary art.
National Galleries
Contemporary Ceramics
Contemporary Ceramics is a gallery and shop located opposite the British Museum in central London.
Ceramics Aberystwyth
The Ceramic Collection of Aberystwyth University is one of the major collections of non-industrial ceramics in Britain.
Useful Resources
Glazy is a useful tool for those who mix their own glazes
A really useful mine of information
Ceramic Review Masterclass Videos
Several excellent videos of great potters showing us how it is done
Ceramics Associations and Organisations
Ceramics Publications and Websites
The Arts Council
The national development agency for creativity and culture.
The Craft Potters Association of Great Britain
The Craft Potters Association was formed in 1958 to promote the work of its members and to increase public awareness of contemporary studio pottery.
The Heritage Craft Association
The Heritage Crafts Association is the advocacy body for traditional heritage crafts.