Jim Malone Vase
Made at his Ainstable Pottery, Cumbria 1984 - 2002.
Born in Sheffield, Jim Malone studied at Camberwell School of Arts, London and with Ray Finch, Winchcombe Pottery, Gloucestershire during the seventies and has continued a career spanning over thirty years. He has steadily built up a reputation as an eminent exponent of thrown reduction fired stoneware and porcelain pots. What is impressive about Jim Malone is that he has stuck to his chosen course so effectively and over a period when some of the developments in the so called 'Leach School' have become somewhat pastiche and derivative, Jim Malone is a genuine individualist. He has said of his work "I am not affected by current 'trends' and I avoid gimmicks. I have never felt the need to spread myself any wider, only to delve deeper".
Jim Malone has exhibited widely in this country as well as America, Germany and Hong Kong. He is included in the British Craft Council's index of selected craftsmen and is a Fellow of the Craftsman Potters Association of Great Britain. Malone's work is held in important British collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Museum and Art Gallery collections at Bolton, York and Liverpool as well as in the Crafts Council Collection and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Jim Malone Vase
Made at his Ainstable Pottery, Cumbria 1984 - 2002.
Born in Sheffield, Jim Malone studied at Camberwell School of Arts, London and with Ray Finch, Winchcombe Pottery, Gloucestershire during the seventies and has continued a career spanning over thirty years. He has steadily built up a reputation as an eminent exponent of thrown reduction fired stoneware and porcelain pots. What is impressive about Jim Malone is that he has stuck to his chosen course so effectively and over a period when some of the developments in the so called 'Leach School' have become somewhat pastiche and derivative, Jim Malone is a genuine individualist. He has said of his work "I am not affected by current 'trends' and I avoid gimmicks. I have never felt the need to spread myself any wider, only to delve deeper".
Jim Malone has exhibited widely in this country as well as America, Germany and Hong Kong. He is included in the British Craft Council's index of selected craftsmen and is a Fellow of the Craftsman Potters Association of Great Britain. Malone's work is held in important British collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Museum and Art Gallery collections at Bolton, York and Liverpool as well as in the Crafts Council Collection and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.