About the Artist

Welcome

Welcome to the website of Steve Sheridan. I am a potter, living in the urbanised wilds of the Blue Mountains outside Sydney, Australia. I have been potting for 28 years now, and have finally put down roots and built my workshop here in Wentworth Falls.

My work reflects my traditional roots and is made in stoneware and porcelain clay. The bulk of my work showcases Celadon glazes, which stems from an enduring interest in Chinese ceramic history and an admiration for the beauty and simplicity that is seen in common domestic pots made over two thousand years by anonymous potters.

My Celadon glazes are based around rocks prospected in Central West N.S.W. I am continually searching for the highest possible quality in my glazes. I feel with celadon this is best achieved using rocks or clays in which the small amount of Iron which gives the glaze it\'s colour is intimately bound in the crystallography of the material, rather than being a chemical addition to the glaze in the form of refined Iron Oxide.

Trish and I returned to Australia in 1998 after spending nearly 15 years teaching in the U.K. We taught at Bryanston School in Blandford, Dorset; Trish is a cellist and was Head of Strings there, and I taught Ceramics and ended up as Head of Art.
We are now firmly ensconced in the beautiful mountains: my teaching is limited to one day a week and I have the remaining 6 days to enjoy my work! Trish is not so fortunate, however, and spends inordinate amounts of time driving between teaching, rehearsals, concerts, sessions, weddings....and rowing at ungodly hours of the morning! She is healthy and happy but would like to do less driving.

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