John Webber

Biography to Display:

Born 1947 London, England

EDUCATION

1970 Ceramics degree, Stoke-on-Trent College, Stoke-on-Trent, Great Britain

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

Teacher, North Staffordshire Polytechnic, North Staffordshire, United Kingdom

BIOGRAPHY

John Webbers is known for functional wheel-thrown porcelain pottery. Webber uses the decorative technique of mishima, the process of etching thin lines into the piece to create a pattern and brushing slip or metallic oxide over the surface to fill the encised crevaces. After drying, the excess slip is wiped away, leaving only the incised line decorated surface. Webber fires his work in oxidation or salt fires it.

Webber is known to alter a freshly thrown porcelain form by either squeezing it or using a tool to flatten one side of the vessel for decoration.[1]

[1] Webber, John. “Decoration Inlaid with Slips and Oxides.” Ceramics Monthly 26, no. 4 (April 1978): p. 56. ceramics-monthly-apr78-cei0478d.pdf (ceramicartsnetwork.org)

Public Collections

Public Collections to Display:

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pamona, California

Bibliography

Bibliography to Display:

Webber, John. “William Staite Murray.” Ceramics Monthly 24, no. 10 (December 1976). ceramics-monthly-dec76-cei1276d.pdf (ceramicartsnetwork.org)

Webber, John. “Decoration Inlaid with Slips and Oxides.” Ceramics Monthly 26, no. 4 (April 1978). ceramics-monthly-apr78-cei0478d.pdf (ceramicartsnetwork.org)