Welcome

Welcome to the website of Steve Sheridan.. I have been potting now for about 45 years: after initial training and working here in Australia in 1984 I took my family on an adventure through the Middle Kingdom of China before we ended up in the UK, where we lived and taught for nearly 15 years. In 1998 we returned to Australia, and in 2001 I established my Pottery Studio in the urbanised wilds of the Blue Mountains outside Sydney. In 2025 I relocated my studio to Uki, in the Northern Rivers of NSW.

My Work

I am committed to the integrity of materials. To my mind the magic of ceramics stems from the process of transformation: the gathering together of fragments of rocks, ashes and clays, and blending them in mixtures which are then melted in the searing heat of the kiln to produce objects of fragile beauty for the delight and use of man – this is the potters art. For me this establishes an intimate connection to landscape, as a source of materials, and enables through the transformation of fire an expression of the particular character of each material. The pots that are a product of this process have a unique narrative that is enhanced by their need to be used in daily domestic life.

I built the Wentworth Falls workshop in 2001. It is constructed of mud-bricks, or more accurately mud blocks; each block is 600x300x250mm, which means the walls are very solid and give a fantastic thermal performance - inside it remains cool in the heat of summer, and in winter when the sun streams through the north facing windows there was no need for a heater on till the sun went down. It was a lovely calm and peaceful place in which to work, and hopefully some of that feeling was transferred to the work that I produced there.

My new studio has been re-established in Uki, on the hills overlooking the village…bonus, the best coffee shop in the district! Contact me if you wish to make a visit.